[clug-talk] Where to get computer repaired?

[John Jardine]

Hi Ralph,

What a sly way to give yourself a new computer for Christmas!

As far as getting the data off the old HDD, there are a couple of
options:
1) Borrow my external HDD => USB dongle
2) Bring in the HDD to CLUG on the 6th and copy everything to CD/DVD
(how much data is there?)
3) Bring in your new system & old HDD and copy everything to the new
system.
4) Other ideas?

I'll bring my USB to IDE/SATA adaptor on the 6th.  I'd rather not part
with it for too long but if if 1->3 above don't work for you then I can
let you have it for a week or so.

Cheers,
J.J.


On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 02:20 -0700, Shawn wrote:
> For about $40, you can pick up a USB external adapter that will allow 
> you to connect an IDE or SATA drive to a computer via the USB ports. 
> This would allow you to transfer data from the old hard drive to the new 
> drive.  While it is more cash initially, these devices are well worth 
> the expense as it saves a large amount of time managing drives 
> (physically), doing backups, etc.  It also opens a few data storage 
> possibilities that are not otherwise available to you without spending 
> even more cash on external drive enclosures.
> 
> A few folks at CLUG have these devices and may be willing to lend them 
> out for a short bit.
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
> 
> Ralph Boland wrote:
> >> When shutting down my computer last night I forgot to close the CD door.
> >> The computer shutdown but left the door open.  When I tried to reboot
> >> it wouldn't start up.  By pushing the door I managed to get the door
> >> closed.
> >> At this point (or before when the computer shut down) there was a
> >> sound like a motor, likely the CD drive motor.  This sound wouldn't
> >> stop even though the computer was shutdown.  The computer would not
> >> turn on at this point so I unplugged it.  I tried several times to
> >> reboot after plugging in the computer but without success.  The motor
> >> sound restarted but the computer otherwise remained completely off.
> >> After several tries the motor sound stopped.
> >> The only thing I see now is to bring it to a repair shop.
> >> Can anyone suggest where I should get it repaired that I can reach by
> >> C-train and if necessary bus?
> >> My computer is over 5 years old  (2.7G celeron,  768M memory, cost
> >> 600$ in  2004)
> >> but is fast enough for me for the moment.  At what repair cost point
> >> does it make sense to just buy a new computer?
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > Henrick kindly came by and looked at my computer and determined that
> > the problem was very likely the motherboard.  He suggested I buy a used
> > bare bones system cheap from Vfxweb.com and port my components across.
> > Unfortunately they didn't have any system matching mine.
> > So in the end I bought a new system;  much faster but not money
> > I wanted to spend right now.  C'est la vie.
> > 
> > Anyway, though I backed up most of my stuff,
> > there are some things I still would like to get off my old system.
> > Hopefully  Vfxweb will eventually get a matching bare bones system
> > that I can buy and install my hard drive onto.  Meanwhile if anybody
> > has an old system that I
> > can plug my hard drive into and unload the data I want that would be a
> > great help.
> > My old system has a  IDE  Parallel ATA hard drive and DVD burner  with  512M of
> > PC3330 memory + 256M  PC2700 memory.  I am hoping to get the old system
> > running so that I can learn how to get the two boxes talking to each other.
> > But if  Clug  has a good use for it I would be prepared to surrender it.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Ralph (Rocky) Boland
> > 
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