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"Jeeters" wrote in message ... At first, I thought that your hard disk might be fragmented. If the BIOS shows a smaller hard drive, then fragmentation isn't involved. Fragmentation never affects the size. I think he meant 'partitioned'. Nobody else said it, so I will- perhaps OPs original drive was disk-doubled (compressed) or something? Back when they still let me touch hardware, and I had to nuke a machine, first thing I did was put it all back to vanilla specs. Now that big hard drives are dirt cheap, almost nobody compresses, for good reason, but there are a lot of flaky 3rd party programs out there. I'd definitely run Fdisk from a boot floppy, and see if there is unpartitioned space out there. But if OP is sure about what the tags say, I'd theorize the shop was out of 80s and/or the tech called up the build sheet from the website, and put back 'original equipment'. 9 out of ten customers would never have known the difference. No cost-effective way to get relief from the store, but this is a good example of why it is best to do your own repairs and/or deal with a ma'n'pa place where you can look the owner in the eye. And always ask for the oldd parts back. If OP had the original 40 that got upgraded, he could stick it back in as a D drive. aem sends.... |
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and then find a buyer and sell the other
hard drive **** I'd keep it which was my point. make money on it? No, I'm saying what I said. i.e. it's not likely you haven't done much business with CompUSA or many other Boiler room repair places.. .. So you shouldn't assume that it has, in fact, "taken place". I made no assumption, I said that I would take the side of the poster asking pertinent questions(like the model) and trying to sort out what exactly happened....if it were to ever be ascertained.. I didn't take his 'stealing' subject literally "jeffc" wrote in message ... "JAD" wrote in message ink.net... Yes, of course the "principle" is what matters. Now stop and reread this thread and you'll realize what's being said. I'm saying it's pretty unlikely anyone would bother to do this "crime", and that the OP might very well be mistaken. Your saying that there is no chance in hell that CompUSA didn't do what was expected? No, I'm saying what I said. i.e. it's not likely. Oh man, your telling me I'm a naive college kid,, I think you just gave away your secret. "secret"? I'm not following you. I said that was my guess - and it wasn't that you were naive - it was that if you were offering to swap hard drives with me and copy all my data over, and then find a buyer and sell the other hard drive - or however you'd make money on it - then maybe work for about $5/hr for that to be considered good work. And then there's the assumption that it was done on purpose.....could have been a simple mistake of picking up the wrong replacement drive....or handed the wrong one by a third / fourth person..... Yes, agreed. But, they claim the drive was never touched. In fact, they didn't have any reason to touch it, since they diagnosed it and found it working fine. Why would they go to the trouble of replacing the hard drives (the difference in cost isn't *that* much) with another *working* hard drive, and then copy over your system and data to the extent that the computer acts and looks exactly the same as before (same apps, etc.)? It would be more trouble than it's worth to the repair center, wouldn't it? I wouldn't go to all that time and effort for a measly $40, or whatever the price difference is. this is what you said- you said blow it off and let them get away with it..... I'm not convinced they did it, but... even if they did, the OP is welcome to pursue it. But then he will be working for about 25 cents an hour by the time he gets done, and he will be dealing with not only idiots, but dishonest idiots at that (assuming they did steal it.) How far do you think you will get when dealing with dishonest idiots? Without going to small claims court, I mean. If they're bad enough to do it in the first place, how likely are they to own up to it now? Even if you go straight to the president, the locals will deny and cover up. He's welcome to try, I'm just giving him perspective. Oh and please bring up the OE thing next ok?! Huh? |
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I think you have a legal case (especially if the hd was included with
the system and you have the receipt for the system purchase) if the store refuses to cooperate. Problem is (and I hate to say this and let them get away with it), that the costs involved even tho not a lot, probably isn't worth your time and money to go to small claims court for a 80 gig hard drive nowadays. You should see my face when I have to tell you "its not worth your time and money" when you know that they are getting away with being incompetent and doing the customer wrong. Now if you just want to do it for the principle of the matter then go get 'em. I hope you get more than just a 80 gig hard drive tho I'm not sure about this. Good Luck whatever you decide. On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:12:43 -0700, "George L." wrote: **** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Do computer repair centers ever replace HDs with smaller ones and not tell customers? I took my Compaq equipped with 80 gig HD to ****USA but got back a 40 gig. My data wasn't lost, but the drive is definitely smaler, according to the BIOS and the label on the HD. My original problem was that the computer would freeze or blue screen every other day, and changing the PS didn't help. Apparently the original PS was bad and the second one was inadequate because the repair center put in yet another, and the computer has been rock solid ever since. The repair center denies that the replaced the drive and said that they only ran a diagnostic on it. I have the receipt for the original HD (was an upgrade) and registered its serial no., but the repair center says that it's not enough proof. What can I do? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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"ameijers" wrote in message ... But if OP is sure about what the tags say, I'd theorize the shop was out of 80s and/or the tech called up the build sheet from the website, and put back 'original equipment'. 9 out of ten customers would never have known the difference. Everyone keeps missing the fact that they did not (were not supposed to) change the hard drive for this work. |
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"JAD" wrote in message news and then find a buyer and sell the other hard drive **** I'd keep it which was my point. make money on it? You'd do that work, and risk going to jail, so you can swap your 40G hard drive for someone else's 80G? Now that is truly stupid. Not to say I haven't seen stupid people working in places like that, but usually not for long. No, I'm saying what I said. i.e. it's not likely you haven't done much business with CompUSA or many other Boiler room repair places.. I have, which is why I would not advise arguing with them. It's like wrestling with a pig. So you shouldn't assume that it has, in fact, "taken place". I made no assumption, I said that I would take the side of the poster asking pertinent questions(like the model) and trying to sort out what exactly happened....if it were to ever be ascertained.. Which reminds me - unfortunately, the OP has not participated since the first post. Apparently we care about this issue more than he does. EOT for me..... |
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Generally you're wrong but technically you can be right (these links
explain in better detail) .... http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBI/tip4100/rh4173.htm http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...c_fil_tdrn.asp http://www.abit-usa.com/faq/mb/2002031801.php On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:56:57 GMT, -= ®atzofratzo =- wrote: On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:14:38 GMT, "Colin Watters" wrote: Isn't there a limit in Win2K/XP that prevents FAT32 partions beyond 32 GByte? Is it possible that has something to do with it? Perhaps they reformatted it FAT? I've had FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB in Win2k. __________________ -= ®atzofratzo =- ®emove The fleA to reply |
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jeffc wrote in message ... ameijers wrote But if OP is sure about what the tags say, I'd theorize the shop was out of 80s and/or the tech called up the build sheet from the website, and put back 'original equipment'. 9 out of ten customers would never have known the difference. Everyone keeps missing the fact that they did not (were not supposed to) change the hard drive for this work. It is a reasonable thing to try if the second power supply behaved the same as the first. |
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frankg wrote in message ... Generally you're wrong Nope. but technically you can be right Corse he's right. (these links explain in better detail) .... Not necessary. What matters is that W2K will use a FAT32 partition bigger than 32GB, it just wont create one. In other words you have to create it outside W2K. http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBI/tip4100/rh4173.htm http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...c_fil_tdrn.asp http://www.abit-usa.com/faq/mb/2002031801.php On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:56:57 GMT, -= ®atzofratzo =- wrote: On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:14:38 GMT, "Colin Watters" wrote: Isn't there a limit in Win2K/XP that prevents FAT32 partions beyond 32 GByte? Is it possible that has something to do with it? Perhaps they reformatted it FAT? I've had FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB in Win2k. __________________ -= ®atzofratzo =- ®emove The fleA to reply |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... jeffc wrote in message ... ameijers wrote But if OP is sure about what the tags say, I'd theorize the shop was out of 80s and/or the tech called up the build sheet from the website, and put back 'original equipment'. 9 out of ten customers would never have known the difference. Everyone keeps missing the fact that they did not (were not supposed to) change the hard drive for this work. It is a reasonable thing to try if the second power supply behaved the same as the first. But they would have told them they did it. It couldn't be an "honest mistake" if they told him they only ran diagnostics on the drive. |
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I would say your F**KED,
What ever happen to your 80GB may never be solved. Some tech may have wanted your 80GB, so he replaced it with his 40GB. Maybe some tech wanted to make a copy of your HD, to get all your video/MP3 files but then got the drives mixed up. Store management will always side with their employees (repair tech). I would say to write to everyone you can at ****USA, then get on with your life. What model was the 80GB ? What model 40GB is in there now ? "George L." wrote in message ... **** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Do computer repair centers ever replace HDs with smaller ones and not tell customers? I took my Compaq equipped with 80 gig HD to ****USA but got back a 40 gig. My data wasn't lost, but the drive is definitely smaler, according to the BIOS and the label on the HD. My original problem was that the computer would freeze or blue screen every other day, and changing the PS didn't help. Apparently the original PS was bad and the second one was inadequate because the repair center put in yet another, and the computer has been rock solid ever since. The repair center denies that the replaced the drive and said that they only ran a diagnostic on it. I have the receipt for the original HD (was an upgrade) and registered its serial no., but the repair center says that it's not enough proof. What can I do? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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