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Computer shop / Techie expert

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  • 04-07-2011 9:39pm
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    Dara Robinson
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    Hi guys,

    Friend of mine is back down in Kilkenny for the summer and has contacted me with a External HD that seems to have died. I cant do much for him over the FB chat :/

    Any one know of any really good reliable Computer shops or techies that might be able to revive it? Possibly might need data recovery.....

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks


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    Hank Scorpio
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    [snip]...

    Don't know if the guy upstairs in Quinn computers is still there, hes very good but will charge hefty.


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    up for anything
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    The lads in the computer shop upstairs in Market Cross are excellent and won't rob you. I can't think of the bloody name of the shop though - old age is a dreadful thing. I'll post it when I remember.


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    JoseJones
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    I think the place in the Market Cross could be called Compugeek or something cheesy like that!


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    up for anything
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    JoseJones wrote: »
    I think the place in the Market Cross could be called Compugeek or something cheesy like that!

    That's it! It just re-entered my memory banks but you'd got there before me. Cheesy or not, the lads are the biz and I'm not even related. If they can fix my iBeast cheaply, they can fix anything. :pac:


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    spoonbadger
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    Guy upstairs in quinn computers would be my recommendation, he knows his stuff and doesn't bull**** you.


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    Deliverance XXV
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    What kind of issues is he having?
    Is it powered by the computer or does it have stand-alone power?

    It could be the cable, the power supply or the casing that could be at fault so it might be worth taking the hard drive out and plugging it into a desktop/hard drive dock and checking it that way, especially if he has any friends down this way that knows there way around computers.

    If it is the hard drive itself that is dead be warned that data retrieval could be fairly expensive. I'm not sure if any shops in KK have the facilities for data recovery on a dead drive as it normally requires opening the disc in a 'white room' and is far from 100% successful.


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