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  • spleenharvester
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    • Mar 2010
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    • UK
    #1

    Corrupting hard drives

    Guys, what would you say the fault is with a 2nd generation Sandy-based laptop that is intermittently refusing to boot and corrupting hard drives, and then working fine again for weeks?

    Don't have any more detail than that, I've been offered a price for it but I'm worried it's a PCH issue. It's an Acer 5750.

    Cheers
    Dell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD
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    • shovenose
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      • Aug 2010
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      #2
      Re: Corrupting hard drives

      It's an Acer

      No buy

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        • RJARRRPCGP
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          • Jul 2004
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          Re: Corrupting hard drives

          Originally posted by spleenharvester
          corrupting hard drives, and then working fine again for weeks?
          My first suspect is another laptop HDD with that mysterious HDD disease.....
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