Keith RW Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 My 10 year old Lenovo flex touchscreen eventually bit the dust a short while ago with the HDD failing which I’m still in the process of attempting to retrieve but that’s another story… like a dork didn’t do regular backups Where should I be looking to purchase a replacement from ? Looking online and it’s a minefield, I don’t need anything fancy , just for home use, browsing, forums and YouTube etc not huge storage as will be backing this up on SSD now lesson learnt…. Are the refurbished offerings from the various companies any good ? Struggling with the possibility of having to pay a couple of hundred or more out for a second hand one as opposed to double for new…. Are there companies out there that sell “older” models that are perfectly ok without having latest technology and that have been superseded by new models Minimum 14” touchscreen would be nice running windows, defunct Lenovo was 500gb but not necessary thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 There are places that do refurbs. I would suggest looking on www.hotukdeals.com as they have refurbs listed and watch for some going above 200 degrees - make sure that you get one that ideally doesn't have soldered in storage and memory - at least if you can replace them parts you have some areas covered instead of just consigning to the scrap bin... Dell also have a factory outlet, I believe Lenovo do - but these are not great savings but decent enough. I used to buy off Ebay HP business laptops - a lot came with 2+ years on site business warranty - but I haven't done this for the longest of times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 If you want cheap.https://ao.com/product/6t9q8eaabu-hp-14sfq0059na-laptop-silver-95619-251.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 I would be looking at 256 Gb ssd disk and windows 11 min 8 GB of memory and i5 processor- should give you a bit of longevity! backup to a cloud account Microsoft Amazon free or cheap as chips these days ! Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 To be honest I tend to use Curry’s. Get a good look at everything and compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-thinkpad-t480-i5-8250u-win10-256gb-ssd-refurbished-8gb-ps16999-16gb-ps20799-wcode-uk-mainland-at-newandusedlaptops4u-4175498 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmicblue Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 Lenovo (formerly IBM's PC division before being sold to the Chinese) makes very good bits of kit. On the data recovery aspect from the old disk - it maybe the case that the data is still safe on the old machine but the bit that contains the 'boot partition' is broken. You can inexpensively find out by removing the old disk (YouTube is your friend here for instructions on how to do) and buying one of these: itrust USB 3.0 to SATA Adapter Cable for 2.5" SSD HDD Drives - External Converter and Cable,USB III converter When plugged into another PC the 'old' disk might still be readable (as long as it isn't encrypted, i.e. MS Bitlocker). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith RW Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Thanks for the input guys, Just picked a very clean refurbished "Grade A Excellent" Lenovo Touchscreen up online from Stone Refurb Lenovo ThinkPad L380 Yoga - Intel Core i5-8250U - 8GB RAM - 240GB SSD - Win 11 Pro - 1year warranty for just under £215 delivered 14 hours ago, Cosmicblue said: Lenovo (formerly IBM's PC division before being sold to the Chinese) makes very good bits of kit. On the data recovery aspect from the old disk - it maybe the case that the data is still safe on the old machine but the bit that contains the 'boot partition' is broken. You can inexpensively find out by removing the old disk (YouTube is your friend here for instructions on how to do) and buying one of these: itrust USB 3.0 to SATA Adapter Cable for 2.5" SSD HDD Drives - External Converter and Cable,USB III converter When plugged into another PC the 'old' disk might still be readable (as long as it isn't encrypted, i.e. MS Bitlocker). Just on with this now, in the process of swapping the single platelet out from the existing HDD to a new one as old HDD wasn't recognised as being present at all, I think on investigation original motor was initially stuck but managed to damage heads swapping platelet so second new hdd purchased for second attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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