familyman Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 :lol: daughter had a paddy with her laptop as it was working a bit slow, threw it on the floor,and suprise suprise it won't work any more ( ring any bells mo4 ?)it'll start up,then goes to a grey screen where the message "cannot find operating system " flashes up ,pressing any of the "f" keys has no effect so i can't get into recovery mode,asked the guy in pc world and he recons the hard drive is knackered .Any ideas anyone ?just to top it off some of the keys have gone west as well ! i don't have a windows xp recovery disc so i can't re-install anything ,is it doomed or can it be economically fixed ? Quote
seatkid Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 strip it down and check for connectors that have come adrift (e.g. on the HDD) - hard disks are pretty robust and unlikely to be terminally damaged (although some data may be corrupt) Quote
familyman Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Posted January 19, 2007 :lol: i shall give that a try-as captain oates said " i may be some time " Quote
NikpV Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 :lol: i shall give that a try-as captain oates said " i may be some time " hopefully with more success :lol: Quote
familyman Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Posted January 19, 2007 sadly captain oates and i are having the same amount of luck ,no loose connections + on closer examination the screen is damaged -nice black streaks across it ,this doesn't look promising ! Quote
seatkid Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Try rebooting with a floppy/CD/USB - if you have one - MSDOS is always a dependable disk! Pull the connectors out and remake them, the flat ribbon to the LCD have a lock, unlock and pull the cable out. It takes a lot to kill an LCD screen, they even work (more or less) with smashed glass! Quote
jkspoff Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Home and contents insurance/accidental damage may cover it, as it does mine. Worth a try, read the small print on your policy first to see what is and isn't covered. :) Quote
NikpV Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Home and contents insurance/accidental damage may cover it, as it does mine. Worth a try, read the small print on your policy first to see what is and isn't covered. :)and any/amount of excess Quote
Guest MATT jr Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 how come all your kids have laptops?? MJR Quote
katman Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 Home and contents insurance/accidental damage may cover it, as it does mine. Worth a try, read the small print on your policy first to see what is and isn't covered. :lol:and any/amount of excess Dont forget to take into account any "no claims" you might have on your contents insurance. I had some kit damaged by lightning a few years ago and rang up about claiming. Was told I had to pay the first "x" amount so would only get "y" and that it would also affect my no claims. She told me what my renewal premium currenyl was per month and what it would be if I claimed. quick calculation revealed that 12 x difference was greater than "y" so I would be worse off. Seems like insurance is only worth having if you have a REALLY BIG claim to make. Robbing ******* :) Quote
familyman Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Posted January 21, 2007 how come all your kids have laptops?? MJRjust the eldest has a laptop-which after further investigation is looking doomed ,more bloody money down the pan ! :) Quote
Guest MATT jr Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 lol by "all" i meant all the members on the forum, not all your kids lol ...we only got a family computer when i was in year 11, doing ICT, and thats because i needed it for coursework etc. i have just got a laptop (my 1st one) for uni - again, for computer science, and both business and computing assignments. i see kids of the age of 5 playing games on them, and smashing the hell out of em! ;) i never even had a PlayStation 1 :( LMAO MJR :) Quote
katman Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 ...we only got a family computer when i was in year 11, doing ICT, and thats because i needed it for coursework etc.My first computer was a BBC B when I was 25. Got my first PC when I was 35, it came with that new fangled Windows 95 !! i have just got a laptop (my 1st one) for uni - again, for computer science, and both business and computing assignments. Either that statement is not totally accurate, or you are going to have to do all your computing assignments in your car. Seat will probably be more comfy though :) :( Quote
NikpV Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 My first computer was a BBC B when I was 25. Got my first PC when I was 35, it came with that new fangled Windows 95 !! ah I had a bbc b as a terminal emulator (kermit) when 23 at work (research) boy the days of castle quest and elite :( My first pc ran dos 3.3 - missed 4 (was dodgy) then 5 then - get this Windows 2.0 !!!!! windows 3.0 !!!!!!! neither worked very well as a gui then Win 3.1 win 3.11 and my next pc came with windows 95 next pc came with win 98 upgraded to se this machine had the fastest graphics card known to man Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 your showing your age again Quote
gregers Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 lol my first calculator sorry computer was a commodore vic 20 that used to run 'basic'programing used to spend all day writing a program into from a magazine only to find it didnt bloody work :) :( then spend even more time going over it to find the cock up,oh happy days Quote
teresa Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 my son had a laptop till he trod on it and smashed the screen but they all have their own pcs now so need for laptop anymore Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 lol my first calculator sorry computer was a commodore vic 20 that used to run 'basic'programing used to spend all day writing a program into from a magazine only to find it didnt bloody work :) :( then spend even more time going over it to find the cock up,oh happy days i had one of them gregers.. done a car racing game on it one day using goto nd gosub iirc that didnt work Quote
gregers Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 then i had a spetrum +2 with a built in tape machine oh it used to take an age to load in games,then an amiga 1200 the games on that one were brill,one of my collegues has kept every computer he's ever had with boxes,now this is an old 1 he's still got an spectrum zx81 now thats really is showing your age if you can remember that :( Quote
NikpV Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 can remember the original z80 couldn't afford one though - had an amiga 500+ with populus and the shadow of the beast :( Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 after my vic had a c64 then 64c then 128 then it was blow your mind away time the amiga and the atari came outnearly every school had the latter in there music rooms lol my fav game was bubble bobble me and my m8 stayed up for 24hrs to finish this wow best game ever Quote
El Dingo Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 Best games on Spec+2? Manic Miner & Jet Set WillyPimaniaAttic Attack :( Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 i remember jet set willy lol darn im getting old ///niks older Quote
gregers Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 but no doubt better looking though gooner :( Quote
Guest gooner52 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 than you gregers defo :( :) Quote
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