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Re: Should I send my labtop to get fixed? [Re: cokane]
    #14677337 - 06/26/11 10:02 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I didn't read a lot of the replies to the OP, but if you can at least get the laptop to boot from a CD then simply download a Parted Magic (Linux) and burn it to a LiveCD.  If you can get your laptop to boot into that then at the very least you can write zeros across everything but the HPA/DCA, but those won't have your illegal shit on them. 

Dell fucking dicks you around though.  Your replacement parts will be fucking refurbished.  I went through the WORST nightmare of my life after buying a $5k m17x Alienware.  It was brand new from ebay, literally... and I got it for $2k.  They sent a tech out who broke a fan connector on the motherboard, sent the same moron back to replace it, and the problem still wasn't resolved.  Offered me a replacement system and 4 days later I check the status to see it was denied.  Not even a manager for the premium North America (MyTechTeam) could tell me why.  I returned it to the seller.  In the end I spent over 14 hours on the phone with them and had the entire laptop rebuilt and it still BSOD/Froze all the time.  When it worked it was amazing, but if you don't have NA tech support man... you may want to drink a few shots or take a Xanax before calling India.  Worst support I've ever dealt with in my life, and the more you know about computers the worse it becomes.

GL, and use Parted Magic to wipe the drive.


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