bad hard drive - replace vs reformat

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  I have a F60-111 and he had a problem bad hard drive several months ago, he was not even a year and was already late and crashing all the time. I have 3 years international warranty for it, so I sent the laptop in Saudi Arabia and the hard drive was replaced in January, I got just now, but I am disappointed. The laptop works, of course, but the replacement hard drive was only 100 GB, which is a big downgrade of its original capacity of 600 GB.

  My problem is my laptop has been repaired, but it was replaced by a lower capacity hard drive. I feel blurry, am I entitled to compensation? Thank you.

  Hello

  That s is truly amazing. Please don t wait so long and communicate with this service as soon as possible. Explain the situation and ask their explanation. Something like that should not happen, and the defective HARD drive must be exchanged with the same.

  If they do not cooperate you should comment a threat by directly contacting Toshiba.

  What do you think of this?

• HP Pavilion dv7t-4100 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC Hard Drive replacement

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  I have HP Pavilion dv7t-4100 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC, and I had problems with hard disk of the guarantee period. for example I buy in 2010 and had a hard drive replaced in 2011 and 2012. Next time, he failed in 2013 (almost 11 months apart on average).

  The last time it failed, the warranty has expired so I thought to give it a try as employment through fixing/amortization of bad sector seagate software, Toshiba... that came out of Smart Drive Error.

  I use the HARD drive for some time now, but want to be ready for the next round and I don't know that he's going to be gone for good next time.

  Current HARD disk is 640 GB, 7200 RPM hard drive (replaced in 2012). HP 621046-001 manufacturer.

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  Any suggestions on hard drive?

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  Thank you.

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  I think that 160GB 2.5 "SATA III SSD is good for the system.

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• Impossible to uninstall cs6 bad hard drive, any suggestions?

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  Yes to wipe the disk wipe activation on her credentials.  If you can't disable your current installation. If you install on reformatted drive, but Photoshop does not install active because the credentials no longer exists.  You may be able to activate.  However it may well be considered you second activation.

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  Depends on what software is used to make it.

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• Aspire E1 571 bad hard drive

  What is the procedure to recover a laptop Aspire E1 571 Windows 8 of bad hard drive?

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• HP-G053NL: HP-G053NL Ram and hard drive replacement

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  There's a guide for hard drive replacement/upgrade and RAM laptop HP-G053NL?

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  This is the manual of the device you're using.

  http://h10032.www1.HP.com/CTG/manual/c04162986.PDF

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• Dell XPS 410 HARD drive has been reformatted accidentally.

  HARD drive has been reformatted accidentally. I'm not interested in the stored data, I want to just go back to the factory settings.  Operating system is Vista.

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  You will need the recovery media you do when you received the system - attach the flash drive or insert the first disk in the backup media, power and press F12.  Start since the media and follow the prompts to reload the factory software image.

  If you do not prepare a media defined in advance, you will need to contact the customer service Dell to buy a game now - they are in fact not able to provide Windows Vista at this stage.

• Re-installed Windows 7 Home Premium, because I had the bad hard drive.

  Well, I didn't not on jelly bean or checking registry before you have the hard drive replaced. My windows product key is on bottom of laptop, but after a few wear some letters are hard to distinguish. Any ideas on what I can do to recover the key. I probably have more than 90% of the letters. There are only 3 letters I can't make out more substiuting I tried the letters that are used with the key. Please tell me that there is something.

  Hello

  In these Forums, it is often recommended to use a magnifying glass and a flashlight to see if you can read the numbers of the product key on the label.

  Or as one poster suggested, take a photo and enlarge.

  You can contact the manufacturer of your laptop, if the operating system has been pre-installed and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks and to reinstall the operating system.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  The relocation method above does not normally allows you to provide a product key during Installation, the recovery process uses the Installation product key factory to activate automatically during the resettlement process.

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• I have a HP Pavilion dv7 and my agreement now bad hard drive to the Geek squad. Do you know where I could buy the recovery disk?

  I have a HP Pavilion dv7 and my agreement now bad hard drive to the Geek squad. My problem is that I'm not able to find my recovery disc and HP has no more of them. Do you know where I could buy the recovery disk?

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  You download the version installed on your HP, burn a dvd using ISO, software, the burning at the slowest speed, on quality discs, then install it using the Win Key on the label on your PC.

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• I had my hard drive replaced on my Toshiba lap top and my windows 7 is no longer considered as authentic code has rubbed off the sticker on the base of my lap top. Where can I find it?

  I had my hard drive replaced on my Toshiba lap top and my windows 7 is no longer considered as authentic code has rubbed off the sticker on the base of my lap top. Where can I find it?

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  If the COA sticker is damaged, you must use the recovery partition to reinstall Windows 7, it will be exempt from the need to use the product key to activate your installation of Windows 7.

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  If your recovery partition is not available or damaged, you must contact the manufacturer of your computer, and request that a defined recovery disk you can use to reinstall Windows 7. They could practice a small shipping and handling. This will exempt the need to also use the product key.

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• I have Abobe CS2 I bought and legally own. I have an old MacBook Pro who had to have the hard drive replaced. I reinstalled the CS2 software and I can't activated with an authorization code. I need the code to use my order

  I have Abobe CS2 I bought and legally own. I have an old MacBook Pro who had to have the hard drive replaced. I reinstalled the CS2 software and I can't activated with an authorization code. I need the code to use my software. I can't afford a monthly payment with Adobe Cloud. How can I get my software activated so I can use it? Thank you.

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• My Mac has crashed. Reinstalling my operating system or hard drive replacement will cause me to lose my Adobe Master Suite?

  I bought my Macbook Pro 17 (it's a Mid-2009, running Cougar 10.8.4) used on eBay, and it came with Adobe Master Suite CS5. I pursued a degree in graphic design, and the computer had everything that I needed to start. Now that I'm out of College, I rely heavily on InDesign and Photoshop to get the job done. However, after five years of loyal service without problem, my Mac has crashed and I have never used time Machine. I might have to reinstall Mountain Lion or replace the hard drive. Reinstalling my operating system or hard drive replacement will cause me to lose my Adobe Master Collection of applications? I can save them somehow?

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• HP Pavilion 14-b017cl: follow-up on creating and using the USB key recovery to win 8 after replacing the bad hard drive

  I have 2 hp pavillion sleekbook model 14-b017cl'. I replaced the hard drive in my son after that she doesn't have the "optimized hard drive dst test '. I used my sleekbook work to create a USB stick recovery. I followed the instructions to use the recovery to Win 8 usb drive. When I started the laptop of my son, with the USB stick inserted, I got this message.

  PXE - m0f: exit pxe rom

  no bootable device-insert bootdisk and press a key

  Flash player Flash when I put under tension. I rebooted, you press F2, conducted an audit on the new hard drive, happened.

  Later, I inserted the recovery key in my laptop (that I used to create it) and it would not initialize to top. I checked the content to the flash drive and they seemed "Chargers", so it seems to be what I expected. It seems that the recovery USB STICK will not work if my own laptop dies. What I have to buy the HP flash drive, or I'm doing something wrong.

  Hi @gretschman7,

  Thank you for your query.

  I understand you are trying to perform a recovery from a USB flash drive, but you get the error "pxe - m0f: exit pxe rom.

  "no bootable device-insert bootdisk and press any".  You check the recovery media on your laptop as it is the same model and it seems fine.

  Looks like you may need to change the boot sequence. Here is a link to HP - performing a recovery system (Windows 8) HP computers that will help you.   Here is a link to a YouTube video which can also help:.  Performing a recovery of HP system on a laptop HP with Windows 8.

  Please let me know the results.

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