Computer repair shop

[David Hardy]

And here's another laptop question:

I have custody of an HP ze4200 laptop that originally was bought/owned by
MIL and had XP on it.  She didn't want it after awhile and I immediately
took it and threw Fedora Core 4 on it.  Now, naturally, she wants it back,
and now, an internet connection. Problem:  I scraped the hard drive (or
thought I did) completely in anticipation that she'd want the Windows os
back.  Meanwhile the Windows CD disappeared (not at all uncommon for here;
things disappear all the time, usually *my* stuff), and so I got a Ubuntu CD
and tried to install that: no joy in Mudville during Mud Season, natch.  (It
would appear to install and then freeze, and on boot-up the XP boot screen
appears, despite my reformatting the drive.)  So now, no os, either Ubuntu,
Fedora or Windows.

I will now have to either buy another XP license or find some way of both
installing Ubuntu and then finding a wireless card that will work with it.

Any suggestions, as always, are appreciated.

Thanks.

(Does anyone out there have a desperate need for either a MIL or a
15-year-old angst-driven daughter?  I will sell cheapest.)



On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Toshiba has a 'authorized repair depot' store in Nashua..  Computer
> Hut or something?
>
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Karl Hergenrother <33karl at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> > My wife's 3 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop has had intermittent
> charging
> > problems.  I have replaced its battery, but that didn't help.  Right now
> it
> > will not charge at all.  I'm fairly sure that the problem is in the
> socket
> > on the computer which accepts the charger plug.  Those things must take a
> > beating over the years.  Can someone suggest a good repair shop on the
> > Nashua/Lowell area?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Karl
> >
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