discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 5m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 07/10/16 04:46 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 04:46 AM I enjoy playing games set in dark environments, so lights off gaming is a bit of a thing for me. Backlit keyboard dimmer dial FTW. Could not handle having the wall/case glowing at me when I'm trying to spot the bad guys hiding in shadows, but other than that cool lighting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 07/10/16 08:12 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 08:12 AM Some likes green by the looks of it. We found our receipt for th elap top and it's covered by our extended warranty we got........YA!! I've ask for then to do data recovery because there is some stuff I didnt get time to back up yet. This is at a cost if it can be done. My question is how much is a reasonable price for this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,127 Member For: 9y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 07/10/16 09:17 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 09:17 AM I have used Recuva. If you're just time limited then a reasonable price is what your time is worth imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 5m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 07/10/16 09:26 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 09:26 AM (edited) If the drive mechanics are fine and it's just a corrupt file (which it sounds a lot like or you wouldn't get much at all on the screen aside from BIOS) then you could just get them to take the drive out and place it in an external caddy for you. Worst case scenario if they have to disassemble the laptop to remove, that's maybe two hours including putting it back together again with a new drive (but not installing Windows yet). If the HDD is easily accessible you can get it into an eternal caddy in like five minutes! BUT If the drive is physically failing in a big way and refuses to read when connected to another PC, true forensic data recovery can range into the many thousands of dollars. Each model is different but here's the first example of a quick job I could find. Edited 07/10/16 09:28 AM by -Stever- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 07/10/16 09:45 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 09:45 AM Thanks Steve I do agree and think it's more of a file error. I'll wait for the phone call from them and I'll use fancy computer talk to hopefully get them thinking I know my sh1t about computers. I dont want to touch anything because im sure it will void my warranty. The repaid post envelop wont come till next week so could takes a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 5m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 07/10/16 09:57 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 09:57 AM If you really want the files I'd get them copied off first. Have heard of people losing entire drives worth of data thanks to manufacturer repair centre monkeys. "Oh there was a mix up and they disposed of the old drive" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidy New Member 19 Member For: 7y 6m 22d Posted 07/10/16 10:10 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 10:10 AM There's the specs I'm dyslexic and cannot turn off simple functions in tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 07/10/16 10:15 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 10:15 AM 16 minutes ago, -Stever- said: If you really want the files I'd get them copied off first. Have heard of people losing entire drives worth of data thanks to manufacturer repair centre monkeys. "Oh there was a mix up and they disposed of the old drive" Hmmm freaking me out know steve. Might leave a note on the inside so when open they will see it, with attached photo that I took so they know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 5m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 07/10/16 11:07 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 11:07 AM Just sayin...the files are the most important part to the owner...but not necessarily the repair guy! Everyone needs a friend who is good at IT these days for situations like this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 07/10/16 11:26 AM Share Posted 07/10/16 11:26 AM Agreed........ If it was out of the warranty period I would send it to one of the many good forum IT member's for help and would be more happy to cover cost. I'll keep this in mind for next time...Steve......wink wink. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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