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  1. soko20 soko20 is offline

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    Nov 29th, 2008 (11/29/2008 9:40pm)

    had laptop for 18 months, when i start it, it says 'A disk read error has occured. Hit control alt delete to restart.' Then that just keeps happening. Circuit City said hard drive is dead. Do I buy new hard drive $130, buy recovery disks (because i dont have them), and hope that works. If not I can return the hard drive and buy a new comp.
    Or just buy a new one because new hard drive isnt gonna do anything?

    When/if I do get a new one, what is the best one for me? I just play poker and yahoo messenger and surf interenet. I am impatient though, so I want it to be fast. I usaally have 2-3 tables open and yahoo messengeropen at same time so I'm thinking a 15+" screen. But what brand and model?

    thanks for your help!
  2. pssshhhh pssshhhh is offline

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    Nov 29th, 2008 (11/29/2008 9:45pm) in reply to soko20

    A new laptop hard drive is only gonna cost you $60 and if you have an hp I think those restore discs are like $15. So if the laptop worked for you then go with that. I personally use a macbook pro and full tilt and pokerstars run on osx, and XP runs very well on this so I would recommend one of those.
  3. The 68 The 68 is offline

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    Nov 29th, 2008 (11/29/2008 9:47pm) in reply to soko20

    probably just get a new one if a few hundred bucks won't hurt.
    Toshiba Satellite ftw
  4. kidrockin kidrockin is offline cro magnon

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    Nov 29th, 2008 (11/29/2008 9:56pm) in reply to The 68

    My gfs laptop does the same thing and gives a warning to back up files immed.
    I would get an external hard drive and save all your good stuff. Then try to replace the internal hard drive an run it. If that doesnt work I would buy a new one. The new computers are cheap now and have much more memory.
     
  5. wantagolf wantagolf is online now Moderator

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    Nov 29th, 2008 (11/29/2008 10:11pm) in reply to kidrockin

    I like this one.

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