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12-04-2006, 09:11 PM
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Laptop needs repair
I have a friend that has a Dell Inspiron 1000 laptop. She took it in for repair because it had a virus on it. Well she ended up buying a new laptop instead of fixing this one. I can get this dell inspiron 1000 from her without the hard drive. My question is if I put a new hard drive in and install a new copy of XP will this fix it? Thanks for the help
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12-04-2006, 09:43 PM
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Yes. You wouldn't even have to replace the HDD if keeping the other is an option. Just a new install of XP (with reformatting) will make everything fine.
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12-04-2006, 09:48 PM
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OK Thanks, she wants to keep her hard drive because it has personal information on it.
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12-05-2006, 12:02 AM
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You won't even need a copy of XP if she has the Dell restore CD. If she didn't get one, she can buy one from Dell for a very nominal cost - have her do that and pay her for it. Make sure you remove her hard drive completely from the caddy as you will need the caddy for your replacement drive.
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12-05-2006, 01:22 AM
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Actually, just get her to transfer ownership to you. Then you can go to Dell without going through her.
If you don't need a lot of space there is a 20 GB laptop hard drive on Newegg for $30. That should be the only thing you need to buy.
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