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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7978978
09/18/20 01:44 PM
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dkershen
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Anybody want to take odds on the root cause being the the German midget dungeon porn virus?
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7978979
09/18/20 01:45 PM
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Buzzsaw
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I've had this Gateway a LONG time. I mainly use it to harass you guys, shop and surf. Its been great but its a little outdated. One of the hinges is broke and I need to be very careful opening and closing. Its big and heavy 17.3 Crystal LED-LCD screen. I like the huge screen
1. Scared I'll loose all my music 2. Scared I'll lose all my photo's 3. I've heard that for normal users like me 8GB is fine but to get a Solid State Hard Drive
Was looking at Lennovas, Thanks PIG, NOW think i'll stick with HP
I DON'T need touch screen or bells and whistles, don't game, etc
will spend up to $650
SPACE FOR RENT
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7979101
09/18/20 03:08 PM
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603Country
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Yes, Geek Squad will do a fine job. I’ve used them many times.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: 603Country]
#7979112
09/18/20 03:17 PM
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bill oxner
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Yes, Geek Squad will do a fine job. I’ve used them many times. Only warranty I have. Best $100 I spend each year. I once had a problem with my Ipad. Stayed online with Apple for two hours. Geek Squad solved the problem with one click.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: dkershen]
#7979121
09/18/20 03:19 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
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Big Fitz
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Anybody want to take odds on the root cause being the the German midget dungeon porn virus? ^^^this
I was wrong...on anything technical. Fitz............. is right, ya know............
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7979210
09/18/20 04:36 PM
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603Country
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Prior to my having an external hard drive, I had ALL of our years of photos on the desktop computer hard drive. One day the computer told me the hard drive was dying, so I got an external hard drive and saved everything to it. Rather, I thought I did. Then I got a new computer and had the solid state drives put in it and put those pictures on the new hard drive. The old computer was junked, though I removed both hard drives that were in it and had them on a dusty shelf in the barn.
So, all was good, till it wasn’t. The wife wanted to see the pics from our trip to Italy, but the pics weren’t there and they weren’t on the external hard drive. They were just gone. Then I remembered the old hard drives in the barn. Got them, blew the dust off, and took them to the Geek Squad in Waco. I told them the problem and asked if they could find all our pictures. They had the drives for a few days, sent all recovered data to another solid state drive, and I picked it up and there were all the missing pictures. That impressed me. I now have that annual warranty like Bill does. And it has come in handy several more times. I had some malware on the PC. The Geek Squad removed it remotely.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7979298
09/18/20 06:02 PM
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dafanman
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BigPig: If you want to give me a call I will see what I can do to help you with your situation Robert -aka- dafanman @ TFF 210-426-4474 Buzzsaw: We should have a talk about why you need to back up all of your data NOW!! And finally, for those of you that don't know Geek Squad will be happy to go thru the contents of your hard drive, with anticipation of being able to call the FBI. And this is for everyone, if you have any data on your computer that "matters to you" then you should absolutely be backing that data up to an external hd, you can get good 1TB external hard drives for as low as $50.00 Shoot me a pm, or call if I can offer and advise or service to any of you.
Computer Diagnostics and Repair, Special flat rate for THF members.Remote diagnostics and repair available. 210 426-4474
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: dafanman]
#7979334
09/18/20 06:46 PM
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Mickey Moose
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And finally, for those of you that don't know Geek Squad will be happy to go thru the contents of your hard drive, with anticipation of being able to call the FBI. They are also known to lose customer data. And, as with any field, there are a few bad apples - in their business they go through your data to see what they might want to keep for themselves (usernames/passwords, credit cards, pictures, etc).
My botnet is bigger than yours.
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: dafanman]
#7979599
09/18/20 10:44 PM
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BigPig
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BigPig: If you want to give me a call I will see what I can do to help you with your situation Robert -aka- dafanman @ TFF 210-426-4474 Buzzsaw: We should have a talk about why you need to back up all of your data NOW!! And finally, for those of you that don't know Geek Squad will be happy to go thru the contents of your hard drive, with anticipation of being able to call the FBI. And this is for everyone, if you have any data on your computer that "matters to you" then you should absolutely be backing that data up to an external hd, you can get good 1TB external hard drives for as low as $50.00 Shoot me a pm, or call if I can offer and advise or service to any of you. Sorry I just saw this. Geek Squad got it fixed and backed up everything onto a hard drive for me. Apparently I have a plan with them to fix everything for $200 a year, had no idea. Something about a driver was bad.
Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7979603
09/18/20 10:47 PM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 23,638
Payne
Cat Herder
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Cat Herder
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dafanman is good people even if he cooks on a file cabinet
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7979604
09/18/20 10:48 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 91,416
bill oxner
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BigPig: If you want to give me a call I will see what I can do to help you with your situation Robert -aka- dafanman @ TFF 210-426-4474 Buzzsaw: We should have a talk about why you need to back up all of your data NOW!! And finally, for those of you that don't know Geek Squad will be happy to go thru the contents of your hard drive, with anticipation of being able to call the FBI. And this is for everyone, if you have any data on your computer that "matters to you" then you should absolutely be backing that data up to an external hd, you can get good 1TB external hard drives for as low as $50.00 Shoot me a pm, or call if I can offer and advise or service to any of you. Sorry I just saw this. Geek Squad got it fixed and backed up everything onto a hard drive for me. Apparently I have a plan with them to fix everything for $200 a year, had no idea. Something about a driver was bad. See?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: dafanman]
#7979622
09/18/20 10:59 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 15,203
Tbar
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And this is for everyone, if you have any data on your computer that "matters to you" then you should absolutely be backing that data up to an external hd, you can get good 1TB external hard drives for as low as $50.00 Shoot me a pm, or call if I can offer and advise or service to any of you. I learned the hard way. I now back up to two 1T external hard drives. Also have a Geek Squad membership.
Make America Great Again
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7979772
09/19/20 12:56 AM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 135
dafanman
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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BigPig: Glad to hear you got sorted out and your data saved Payne: Thank you sir
Computer Diagnostics and Repair, Special flat rate for THF members.Remote diagnostics and repair available. 210 426-4474
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: Payne]
#7979806
09/19/20 01:17 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 12,773
Paluxy
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dafanman is good people even if he cooks on a file cabinet Yes sir
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7980008
09/19/20 06:23 AM
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,384
nsmike
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My laptop is currently on it's way back to Dell it has some serious motherboard issues.. I have a 500GB kangaroo drive for backups.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7980036
09/19/20 10:26 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,430
RedRanger
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I’ve got a Lenovo Flex 5 that I bought in August 2018, well it has quit working. No idea why. It is strictly for Real Estate. Of course it quits when I’ve got $1.3m in escrow and listing another home this weekend. It’s the only computer in our house that I can use as the other computer is wife’s work computer. Is Geek Squad any good? Or should I just spend the coin and buy a new one? Really don’t want to have to deal with the BS of setting up a computer again. Lenovo offers a pretty good extended warranty and think up to 5 years, I got it on my last two Levovo and you can get it where it a world wide warranty so if you travel. Black Friday is the best time to get deals on Lenovo and their warranties.
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: Scott W]
#7980037
09/19/20 10:30 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,430
RedRanger
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Had similar problem a couple months ago, geek squad’s timeline was that they couldn’t look at it for a week. I bought a new one. Costco was cheapest option. All of our company docs and email are web based (Dropbox) so I can access from my phone or iPad if needed. I sent my laptop off to a person on the TFF/THF. I think I paid like close to Geek Squad prices for him to look at it. It came back to me and it wouldn't connect to my wifi anymore. I had to buy an external USB thing to be able to use my laptop. Lesson learned.......
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7982465
09/21/20 04:45 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 19,290
Judd
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Was anyone consoling the kid that fixed your computer when you went to pick it up BP? That poor kid did a lot of growing up today
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: Judd]
#7982518
09/21/20 05:23 PM
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Posts: 29,167
TXHOGSLAYER
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Was anyone consoling the kid that fixed your computer when you went to pick it up BP? That poor kid did a lot of growing up today He was in the corner curled up in the fetal position, sucking his thumb and muttering something about the depravity of the human mind...
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: Judd]
#7982577
09/21/20 05:52 PM
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Posts: 23,189
Bee'z
The Beedazzler
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Was anyone consoling the kid that fixed your computer when you went to pick it up BP? That poor kid did a lot of growing up today
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: Judd]
#7982672
09/21/20 07:15 PM
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Posts: 22,716
BigPig
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Was anyone consoling the kid that fixed your computer when you went to pick it up BP? That poor kid did a lot of growing up today I sent the wife, I don’t have time for BS like this, she needs to earn her keep.
Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7982823
09/21/20 09:13 PM
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Posts: 22,716
BigPig
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Guess what’s not working again? Yup. Guess who is now going to Best Buy now and fixing to rip them a new [censored]
Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7984510
09/22/20 10:34 PM
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Posts: 22,716
BigPig
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Computer is dead dead now. And thanks to COVID there is nothing equivalent available, either downgrade or buy a gaming laptop that I don’t need. FML
Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: BigPig]
#7984524
09/22/20 10:49 PM
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Bullfrog
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Man if I knew what Oxner knows I could throw away what I know
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Re: LapTop help
[Re: Bullfrog]
#7984553
09/22/20 11:16 PM
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Posts: 22,716
BigPig
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Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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