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bosstone75 · 05-26-2009, 06:49 PM

They just had to replace the power unit. Nothing to do with the hard drive. I sent mine in and got it back working just the way it was before it broke. No need for reinstall or anything.

Of course, they tell you there's a chance you'll lose your info... just to cover their bases.

To be safe, I went to my friends house who has the same computer and exchanged hard drives and got off all my important data before hand. If that's not an option for you, get a cable that connects to your hard drive to Firewire or USB and you can just use it as an external drive to pull off all your stuff.

05-26-2009, 06:49 PM	#24 (permalink)
bosstone75 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 31 OS: Win XP	Re: Compaq Presario F500 Won't Boot - Help Please! They just had to replace the power unit. Nothing to do with the hard drive. I sent mine in and got it back working just the way it was before it broke. No need for reinstall or anything. Of course, they tell you there's a chance you'll lose your info... just to cover their bases. To be safe, I went to my friends house who has the same computer and exchanged hard drives and got off all my important data before hand. If that's not an option for you, get a cable that connects to your hard drive to Firewire or USB and you can just use it as an external drive to pull off all your stuff.