Recent content by jd82

It is Microdirect, and it is just Manchester UK based business :).

As I always need parts next day, which site offers the cheapest shipping for this. I have used Ebuyer in the past but next day is too expensive. I am considering CCLOnline but to me Ebuyers large stock base always seem to win me over. I often need unusual parts, such an IDE to USB bridge for...

Why is it still powered up, the longer a suspect drive is powered up the hard any data recovery will be. Laptop drives cost less than £30, it is not worth the risk. Slave it, try and get data off it and buy a new drive. When you slave it you can use Cystal Disk to have a look at the SMART...

There some malware which pretends your computer has crashed and claims lots of silly things like the drive has failed. In this case it sounds like a simple case of a dying laptop drive, it is extremely common.

I spent £1000's with them through my business over the years. I run a small IT support company and they were my main supplier, yes they may have been slightly more expensive but I could get the parts on the same day. I don't use their biggest rival as I had a massive falling out with them...