My hard disk died last night after the fan stopped working, and now I guess I gotta get a new laptop. I don’t know anything about computers, so I need some help finding something that can run Minecraft decently for $400 or less.

Also, might it be cheaper to just get it repaired? Is that a thing?

  • fuschiaRuler [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah, wayyyy easier to replace the drive. Look up your laptop on ifixit. Drive bays tend to be easy to get to

    • cosecantphi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Wasn’t able to find it there, but thanks for the suggestion! How about the fan? Is that hard to replace? I believe that was the reason for the drive failure in the first place.

      • fuschiaRuler [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        It can depend on the fan a lot more. Sometimes they are accessible and standardized, other times not so much. And it is unlikely the fan is the reason for drive failures. If you had a spinning disk drive, heat might be a factor, but it would be minimal.

        And you can also check youtube for videos on disassembly. 9 times out of 10, drive replacement is just removing the bottom casing and just taking the drive out. Super easy and hard to mess up