Laptop repair

[n3uxf]

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get a laptop repaired? The harddrive on my Acer TravelMate 800LCi went bad on me over the weekend; the unit is not covered under a warranty at this point..

Either a good place to send the unit to get fixed or a good place to buy the hard drive for a DIY job would be appreciated.

Thanks

[John Prophet]

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Replacing a hard drive isnt too hard really....but then you have to reinstall windows and reload drivers and patches etc etc.

Do you have restore disks etc??

JP

[n3uxf]

I do have the restore cds, so that will make life easier.

Are laptop harddrives like pc drives, ie any IDE drive will work in any system?

[John Prophet]

as far as I know yes....of course with laptop drives you have the different rpms just like with a regular computer except laptops start at 4200 rpm then 5400 and I have seen some 7200 rpm models....so you can get better performance with a higher rpm drive but it will also be a little hotter/louder.

I suppose also a higher rpm will use more battery power
JP

[thekingofpain]

Try this: http://www.laptopking.com

[samwichse]

Well, some laptop drives are 12mm thick and some are 9mm thick, you need to make sure you get the right one to fit your laptop...

Sam

[n3uxf]

Does anyone know anything about ? I found them while searching for repair places. So far they seem to be legit, but I want to make sure of them...