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    Unable to boot from USB on Dell Inspiron 15R SE

    Hi all, I have a Dell Inspiron 15R SE laptop, running Windows 8, with a broken hard drive. It is going to be repaired soon, but I would like to retrieve the data from the hard drive. I have created a bootable USB with Linux Ubuntu. I have tried booting from this USB but am unable to do so. I...
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    Reallocated Sector Count? Should I be worried?

    Thanks, I can find my serial number, however it shows this message on the Toshiba Warranty website: If you have a defective Toshiba Hard Disk Drive and you wish to claim for warranty, you have to distinguish between the two following possibilities: 1. If the Toshiba Hard Disk Drive was...
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    Reallocated Sector Count? Should I be worried?

    Thanks, this is the drive I bought. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-MK5061GSYN-500GB-7200rpm-Internal/dp/B004UGWH8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353779218&sr=8-1 Could you please tell me what a RMA is and how long my warranty would last for?
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    Reallocated Sector Count? Should I be worried?

    Hi Guys, This message just popped up on my computer. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/windowsharddriveerror.png/ So I went into Defraggler and the disk health shows this. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/piriform.png/ What should I do about this? Any help would be greatly...
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    Possible Hard Drive Failure?

    Hi Guys, I am writing to you guys today because I think that my hard drive is dying, but I am not exactly sure what is happening. I am not sure if I can still use this laptop or not, it would be a real shame to lose it because I have only had it for one year and it has already been repaired...