On 10 May 2013 10:09, Gareth France <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gareth.france@gmail.com" target="_blank">gareth.france@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div class="im"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Why don't you mount your hard drive as an external one on
your desktop PC (as you are suggesting you will do whilst the
laptop is away) and then copy the data directly onto the fixed
hard drive on that PC... then re-install the Windows OS that
was on the Packard Bell and send it to them with that on?</div>
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<div>It's what I'd do.</div>
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<div>Seems a MUCH simpler solution to me than taking out the
hard drive and them not fixing the issue... .</div>
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<div>Seems to me, Gareth, that you're being deliberately
obstructive in terms of allowing them to fix your laptop under
warranty... seems to me that they've actually been quite
helpful to you... I've had much worse, and I'd have been very
happy with the potential outcome of your support call.</div>
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<div>Also, regarding 0845 a simple Google search pulls up this
website <a href="http://www.weq4u.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.weq4u.co.uk/</a> which
allows you to call a landline number (0333 5432111) and then
when it answers type in an 0845 number and it'll connect... so
it isn't exactly rocket science, is it?<br>
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Sean</div>
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Because a) the desktop pc does not have a hard drive, I will be
installing mine internally and b) I don't have a copy of windows to
install on my hard drive. <br>
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I wasn't aware of this website you mention and I don't know if that
number would be included in the numbers I can call with my bundled
minutes. I'll check that out.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's a geographical number. It will be included.</div><div><br></div><div>Sean</div></div>