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Carruthers · 01-17-2015, 04:18 PM

I just finished replacing the hard drive on a mate's laptop.

Not for me the usual rectangular panel on the underside of the machine and secured by two screws.
Oh no, this was a substantial disassembly to get at the damned thing.
Having gone through this wretched process earlier in the week, I discovered then that the spare HDD I had offered was of the old standard and not of the SATA variety. Found a 500Gb drive on eBay for £29.99 or about $45.

Having finished all the mechanicals, I installed Windows 7 but inevitably couldn't connect to the Web for all the updates as the required ethernet driver was missing. Found that via my PC, downloaded to a USB drive and transferred across. All updates, AVG, Adobe Reader, Flash etc installed and system complete.
Let joy be unconfined!

Phoned owner to relay the glad tidings only to be connected to an answering machine, so left a message which I have no doubt will remain unheard.

Life can be cruel.

01-17-2015, 04:18 PM	#192
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I just... I just finished replacing the hard drive on a mate's laptop. Not for me the usual rectangular panel on the underside of the machine and secured by two screws. Oh no, this was a substantial disassembly to get at the damned thing. Having gone through this wretched process earlier in the week, I discovered then that the spare HDD I had offered was of the old standard and not of the SATA variety. Found a 500Gb drive on eBay for £29.99 or about $45. Having finished all the mechanicals, I installed Windows 7 but inevitably couldn't connect to the Web for all the updates as the required ethernet driver was missing. Found that via my PC, downloaded to a USB drive and transferred across. All updates, AVG, Adobe Reader, Flash etc installed and system complete. Let joy be unconfined! Phoned owner to relay the glad tidings only to be connected to an answering machine, so left a message which I have no doubt will remain unheard. Life can be cruel.