Well, the 5yo laptop died this week, not 6 weeks after I bought a netbook to mostly replace it.
It started making funny noises over the area of the HD and then BAM! it went down and claimed no OS was found.
The good news is that it is indeed the HD only, and I'll be selling it on ebay. Looks like I'll get at least 100$ for it. That's less than a tenth of what I paid for it new, but after 5 years, what the heck.
And yes, I did have all the important bits backed up. There were a few files I should have grabbed when I heard it clicking, but no dire loss.
And yes, I've removed the HD itself so that no one can get scraps of date off it later.
RIP old IBM. You served me well. Just not well enough to throw a refurb HD into you.
It started making funny noises over the area of the HD and then BAM! it went down and claimed no OS was found.
The good news is that it is indeed the HD only, and I'll be selling it on ebay. Looks like I'll get at least 100$ for it. That's less than a tenth of what I paid for it new, but after 5 years, what the heck.
And yes, I did have all the important bits backed up. There were a few files I should have grabbed when I heard it clicking, but no dire loss.
And yes, I've removed the HD itself so that no one can get scraps of date off it later.
RIP old IBM. You served me well. Just not well enough to throw a refurb HD into you.
