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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #60 on: 26 September 2006, 20:34:47 »

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Sony Shite  >:(
Steady on Jaime.  ;D
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #61 on: 26 September 2006, 22:03:47 »

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I can't believe no one has answered the question yet in your subject line.....so i will.

Yes, if they are fitted with a Sony battery pack.  ;D
Sony Shite  >:(


Theolodian, Another solution may be to put your HDD in my laptop, I'll do the text based part of install, put back in yours to complete.

Other companies have managed to make lap tops which don't melt which use Sony batteries and after the issues I've seen with Dells I would not trust them (were good 5 years ago not so much now)

A lad at work with a Dell has had nothing but problems, his dad has an Evesham which has been fine
2nd largest laptop manufacturer - Toshiba - has also had to surcome to doing a battery recall. Yup, you guessed, SHIT SONY batteries again spontaneously igniting.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #62 on: 26 September 2006, 23:09:39 »

And Apple
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #63 on: 27 September 2006, 12:17:56 »

I thought the problem was using NICAD ect circuitry with Lithium Ion batteries
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #64 on: 27 September 2006, 13:11:13 »

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I thought the problem was using NICAD ect circuitry with Lithium Ion batteries
Nope, it was these companies were naive enough to use Sony junk.
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« Reply #65 on: 27 September 2006, 18:21:45 »

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Sounds a bit like HP/Compaq consumer laptop?

How big was the old hard disk, and how big is the new one?


Yeah, it is.  Old - 60 GB, New - 40 GB

Ahhh....my cloning software wont work then......as it copies sector by sector and if the disk its cloning from is bigger....then it just whinges not enough space on new disk....which i suspect may happen on other cloning software.  :(
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #66 on: 27 September 2006, 18:23:49 »

Theo,  

What is the status of this?

Have you been able to use your Girlfriends laptop to create an MBR or are you going to take up Theboy's offer to run through the text install on his?

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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #67 on: 27 September 2006, 18:26:00 »

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Sod imaging the disk. Once Windows is more than 3 - 6 months old, its shagged and needs rebuilding. Bodging it back is far from ideal...

What do you do to knacker XP after 6 months  :o
My laptop has been running XP for ummm.....since i bought it....bout 2 years ago now.....never needed to rebuild it.....tho i am careful what i install on it.....and as its only got a 10GB hard disk.....not a lot apart from XP Pro.....Office 2003 Pro....and a few other progs  ;)

Was think of installing IE 7 now its released but dont think id have the space on the HD  :(

Tho do agree with ya....if XP is playing up....best way forward is to re-install  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #68 on: 27 September 2006, 18:45:38 »

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Sod imaging the disk. Once Windows is more than 3 - 6 months old, its shagged and needs rebuilding. Bodging it back is far from ideal...

What do you do to knacker XP after 6 months  :o
My laptop has been running XP for ummm.....since i bought it....bout 2 years ago now.....never needed to rebuild it.....tho i am careful what i install on it.....and as its only got a 10GB hard disk.....not a lot apart from XP Pro.....Office 2003 Pro....and a few other progs  ;)

Was think of installing IE 7 now its released but dont think id have the space on the HD  :(

Tho do agree with ya....if XP is playing up....best way forward is to re-install  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
My own laptop is rebuilt every 4 - 6 weeks, but it is a workhorse. My work one, being in a corporate environment, is probably around annually.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #69 on: 27 September 2006, 18:54:16 »

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Theo,  

What is the status of this?

Have you been able to use your Girlfriends laptop to create an MBR or are you going to take up Theboy's offer to run through the text install on his?

My g/f is using hers in the evening for some work stuff right now (takes it to work although hers).  TB might be coming up on Saturday for a cambelt party, waiting to see if that is confirmed.  I've been off figuring out Timbuk's non-runner today.  I'll keep you posted when I play with it again, got too frustrated the other day.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #70 on: 27 September 2006, 23:03:32 »

Sorry if this has been covered but are you using a recovery cd or an original OEM Xp Cd. I have an Xp Pro Sp2 Compaq/hp cd that is fully legal with volume license. This has been installed on all my Compaq Lappys(3), desktops(4) and servers(2).

I can post it to you on loan to see if this can build your new drive, I believe you have decided a fresh rebuild is needed.

If this is needed, used and works i can get another original.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #71 on: 27 September 2006, 23:26:58 »

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Sorry if this has been covered but are you using a recovery cd or an original OEM Xp Cd. I have an Xp Pro Sp2 Compaq/hp cd that is fully legal with volume license. This has been installed on all my Compaq Lappys(3), desktops(4) and servers(2).

I can post it to you on loan to see if this can build your new drive, I believe you have decided a fresh rebuild is needed.

If this is needed, used and works i can get another original.
Afaik the laptop won't boot from cd, hence the problem.   :o
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #72 on: 27 September 2006, 23:29:54 »

Fair enough but are the cds tried known to be definately bootable. I was in IT with ICL (later Fujitsu) for 9 years and came across alot of these kind of problems. Not been beaten yet, although I had the offender in front of me at the time.
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #73 on: 27 September 2006, 23:36:11 »

He might well take you up on your offer, i know he wants it fixed and doesn't want to be beaten either, especially as he's had it at several shops who couldn't help.

Plus, he is kinda stubborn.  ;D
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Re: Do laptops burn nicely?
« Reply #74 on: 27 September 2006, 23:43:34 »

Shops are useless, I got very little official training. Figured most out for myself. I'm a stubborn bugger too, I have a breaked bush widescreen downstairs that a shop quoted £165 for a chip at £17.51 from Bush directly. Soldering that in tomorrow.

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