CHRIS CRIBBS said in news:
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If the fan is just a chassis fan they will replace it. If it's the
power supply fan they'll replace the power supply. Niether repair
should cause you to lose any data on your Hard Drive.
Chris
told by a friend to run BIOS on my computer to see if it would turn
off while it was running under it and it did turn off while I was
running BIOS. I also noticed that my fan doesn't work or isn't
spinning. I am going to send it in for repairs tomorrow my question
is, what kind of work will likely be done on my computer to fix the
fan will I lose any of my stored information?
True. Replacing fans won't erase or change the data on the hard disks
assuming they never power it up to replace the fans. If they bootup
then make sure they cannot login (i.e., don't leave the Administrator or
any other password as blank). Them not touching your hard drive doesn't
preclude it getting damaged during shipping. You are not the one
carrying your laptop but instead some shipper will handle it as well as
personnel at the destination. One nasty bump, crunch, or drop could
wreck your hard drive (or laptop major). Do you have any means of
backing up your hard drive either by saving a physical disk image or
performing logical backups? Shipping insurance will only cover the cost
of the mechanicals (i.e., the physical laptop). It will not cover the
cost to recover or rebuild your data.
