narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted December 17, 2012 ye all good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted December 17, 2012 And this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/281038335868?redirect=mobile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massacre 7646 Report post Posted December 17, 2012 Go to someone else's house and acquire your chosen OS by other means. Means that violate the rules to talk about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qdeathstar 1763 Report post Posted December 17, 2012 Just get a USB flash drive and run Linux, cheapest solution for internet and word processing, also will make your pc run faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted December 17, 2012 what's linux? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted December 18, 2012 http://xubuntu.org/ Alternate OS to Windows/OSX. If all you do is MSN, MS word, browse web etc you'll have no trouble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 I was thinking about putting the 'new' HDD in then taking it to where I got it so they can put xp on it. Should be cheap, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ConQueSteD 552 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 I was thinking about putting the 'new' HDD in then taking it to where I got it so they can put xp on it. Should be cheap, right? I doubt they sell Windows XP since it's outdated by Vista, Windows 7 and now Windows 8. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted December 24, 2012 Well I put another HDD in and I get the same shit, ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted December 24, 2012 You need to put an OS on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted December 24, 2012 Even tho I still get this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted December 24, 2012 The old hard drive might have still been kosher tbh, unsure why I suggested you go straight for a new hard drive. Brain fart maybe? Go round to a buddy's house and do what I said here. You want to get files off it? Make a Ubuntu live usb. Get the Ubuntu ISO from here- http://www.ubuntu.com/ Get unetbootin from here - http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Make a USB flash drive a ubuntu live usb (it's reversable afterwards dont worry) with unetbootin. Its easy to do, then plug the USB into your laptop and on bootup when the OEM logo shows look for "Select device to boot from" or s/t like that. Press the button it says and select "Boot from USB". When it does that, select "Run Live CD" after it has loaded. Then use the file browser to try reclaim your porn. If it aint there that hard drive is dead pretty much and your files, short of being sent off for hundreds of dollar costing recovery are gone. A new hard drive is cheap though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted January 22, 2013 Well i got xp on it and it works but now this hdd is making a loud humming/vibrating noise so it probably won't last long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted January 22, 2013 Some hard drives are just really loud. I have an external that's a real clunker but works fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted January 22, 2013 nope, its fucked up, keeps freezing and crashing when the noise stops it runs fine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted January 22, 2013 run this on it. http://www.hdsentinel.com/ See if its throwing up any errors, and maybe try return it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 well I've got a deal lined up for a HP DV5000 with a 1.8ghz celeron, 3gb of ram 160gb hdd and windows 7 ultimate seem like a decent laptop? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ConQueSteD 552 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 well I've got a deal lined up for a HP DV5000 with a 1.8ghz celeron, 3gb of ram 160gb hdd and windows 7 ultimate seem like a decent laptop? Depends on price. 160GB HDD will work depends on what all you need for space Windows 7 only requires at most 20GB, I don't know anything about the celeron processor but 1.8ghz seems pretty obsolete. The OS you have is great I prefer Ultimate because of BitLocker and a few other features, the 3GB RAM is pretty average nowadays for laptops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 It's for sale at the store for $200, but I'm gonna trade a quarter ounce for it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ConQueSteD 552 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 In my opinion I'd say the price is a bit high but still reasonable, I personally save some more and buy a newer model (not necessarily new). But that also depends on what you want to do with it. If all you do is browse the internet then I'd say that laptop would be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 Yeah all i do is web browsing and I'm only trading about $100 worth of I don't have any money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 ok, i'm currently test driving a compaq presario cq57with windows 7 premium, 1ghz amd dual core, 4gb ram, and 250gb hdd any thoughts on this set up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcolepsy 581 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 It's a nice setup. Seems like one of the newer laptops so it wont be a huge pile of shit everything pre-2008 is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cuda 939 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 I have a dv6 and I wouldn't buy it today. Got it very cheap over a year ago, 8gb RAM, i7, it's pretty sweet... but it's an HP, if I dare to run anything that might bother the graphics card, this machine turns into a frying pan. Don't buy HP laptops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truth 429 Report post Posted April 1, 2013 ok i need help with adware invasion from browse 2 save I go to manage add-ons and there's 3 from them but I can't disable them. So I tried uninstall a program under control panel and there's only 2 things, I uninstall them but the ads are still there and it reinstalls itself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
