If a technician replaces the motherboard on my laptop

Kathy in Cambridge

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:02 PM
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If a technician replaces the motherboard on my laptop

does that mean i won't be able to recover any of my data from the hard drive?

This is a follow up to this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2677794

Of course, I was a dumbass and didn't back up my stuff. I will always make sure I do now! :cry:

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enigmatic

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:04 PM
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1. If the Hard drive itself isn't damaged..

You should be able to use it again..

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DS1

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:04 PM
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2. Should be okay

I've seen guys change those things out like pieces of lego.

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ET Awful

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:04 PM
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3. If the hard drive is functional, you shouldn't lose any data.

If it's only the motherboard, the hard drive should be fine.

BUT, if the thing fell as you mentioned in the other thread, you might have problems.

I lost a bunch of pics and e-mail recently because one of my older hard drives failed completely, so I know how that is.

BUT, you should be fine theoretically if all they need to do is replace the motherboard.

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Kathy in Cambridge

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:18 PM
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4. Thanks for the responses-I'll know tomorrow if the HD is fried

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hfojvt

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:24 PM
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5. Actually it depends on your software

You can type and type and type in a spreadsheet or a word processing program and it will not be saved to your hard-drive until you hit "save". If the power goes out, or you drop your machine or it locks before you save it, kiss your Data/writing good-bye.
I found to my great pleasure after a very quick power outage, that my family history software is constantly saving data to the disk, basically every time I hit enter.
But your motherboard and your hard-drive are two different animals. They usually tell me that replacing a motherboard on a laptop is about as expensive as just getting a new laptop.

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