On 3/4/2013 5:35 AM, Somebody wrote:
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
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>> I would say that the only safe thing to do is to replace it. Hard drives
>> are quite inexpensive. Perhaps you might think of replacing the whole
>> computer.
>
> I have been thinking of that. Since I replaced the HD about 4 years ago,
> and the DVD player last month. It got erratic playing DVDs and then totally
> quit recording them and just give some vague error code. Still played CDs
> though, so I was confused for a while. (Actually, I have been for over 50
> years but about other things). I do like to occasionally burn a DVD though
> so got a new one. And it is working fine. Was only $19.99 on Amazon.
>
> I can't afford to buy anything so going to wait on this class action suit,
> see how it goes down. Are there decent laptops out there for $362??

I've got 2 eMachines that I bought 10 years ago. All the guts and OS
have been replaced. When I replaced the motherboard, the OS license was
not transferable. That was a bummer. The cases are the only thing left
over from the original machines.

You might want to remove any passwords on the users accounts which will
make transferring and accessing data on the drive easier.

My understanding is that the credit is applied to items on this site
which sells refurbished and closeout items.

http://www.secondipity.com/



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> Apparently, this is legit:
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> http://www.emachinesfloppydisksettle...o.aspx?pas=EMS
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> http://support.gateway.com/us/en/emac/default.aspx
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