least pay half of the hard drive expense? or should i just say i got a good deal and this is also a learning curve. It cost me 220.00 i think its 2-3 years old. its Toshiba, anyone know how these perform over all..its al Toshiba Satellite. w/ XP.
2006-11-01 06:36:57 · 13 answers · asked by queenofsiberia 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If you asked me to pay half for a new haed drive, I'd tell you to kiss my a*ss!! Toshiba is a very good computer. Pony up and buy the drive. You'll get years of good service out of your computer!
2006-11-01 06:40:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you buy a laptop at a yard sale, you are usually buying as-is. That being said, you bought it, it is now your responsibility to take care of any maintenance costs associated with it. I can't speak for the person you bought it from but I can speak for myself, if I sold you the laptop and you came back and asked me that, I would pretty much say what I posted above. Of course, if Windows XP is installed... and you don't have the recovery disc, you will have to buy a new copy of Winodws and a a new hard drive and basically start from scratch and that's nothing to say of finding the drivers. I couldn't tell you whether it was any good or not without knowing the specs.
You bought as-is... it's your problem now, not trying to be harsh, that's just life.
2006-11-01 06:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a laptop hard drive for pretty cheap, figure around $50 or so for something in the 20-30 GB range. you won't need more than this, if you did you would not have bought it at a garage sale.
you can still use it without a hard drive though, you can download a linux Live CD. Check out Ubuntu.com, download the 6.10 live cd, and boot it. in a few minutes you can be browsing the web, sending e-mails and writing papers. Get yourself a USB thumb drive (512 MB to 1GB are pretty cheap now) so you can save data, web pages, documents etc.. The live CD comes with browsers, e-mail apps, and a full office suite that can open and save in ms format. Performance will be slower because you are using the CD, but you will have a great, cheap experiance. Good luck!
2006-11-01 06:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't hurt to ask - the seller may go for it. But I have to agree that you got a decent deal. Search for a cheap drive on the web, and you may be able to get the whole thing installed for $100.
Alternatively, if you want to recover the hard drive, try a data recovery company like dtidata.com, harddriverecovery.org or ontrack.com.
They'll likely be expensive, though, so your best bet remains to buy a new hard drive.
Also, make sure you have the operating system recovery disk!! Without this, you may have to put out for a new copy of Windows as well!
2006-11-01 06:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by Max K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yard sales generally carry a policy of "sold as-is" but you could try asking the seller if he/she would split the cost.
A new laptop hard drive isn't that expensive. Search for "2.5 hard drive" on a site like Newegg.com. You would then have to purchase a new copy of Windows XP, which might be another $80.
2006-11-01 06:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Russell A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the old saying goes..."buyer beware". The prices for laptop hard drives have come down alot. I've seen a 60gb drive for $50 or less. Do research shopping on the internet.
2006-11-01 06:44:11 · answer #6 · answered by gandalf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ditto what Dickn2000 says!
Toshiba is a good laptop manufacturer. Take it to a local Computer shop and have them install a new HD for you.
You'll still have a decent Laptop for under 400 bucks after it is all said and done.
2006-11-01 06:42:40 · answer #7 · answered by ○Freeman○ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is, did they sell it knowing the hard drive was bad. They most likely did. A new hard drive will probably run you at least $100.
It is hard to say, do you know the exact model of the laptop?
2006-11-01 06:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by chuck g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 22:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by jarvie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it as a learning experience and try to sortout the problem..! I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-01 14:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by blsruthi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋