Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!bigfeed2.bellsouth.net!bigfeed.bellsouth.net!bignumber.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!bignews7.bellsouth.net.POSTED!8987383b!not-for-mail From: "Henry" Newsgroups: japan.comp.toshiba References: <1129959187.623079.246080@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: buying and installing a replacement hd for the satellite a70 in japan Lines: 29 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@bellsouth.net X-Abuse-Info: Please forward a copy of all headers for proper handling X-Trace: enggpaojkliedbjjdbdpiflmbcekedmfhojhikkbagflhcbodcjdaajjnadldldbnpdbkjnkdlkmlobkjcblinancjgfdphidomimkanfmlihnbbimolhmimbopkglhkdjolafhljiogpolcomlgcccebcdfdbbm NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:29:23 EDT Organization: BellSouth Internet Group Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:31:31 -0400 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.comp.toshiba:403 That price is dur to you not having the recovery disk set with you, the labor and the hard disk..... nithung to do with non Japaneese computer. Henry wrote in message news:1129959187.623079.246080@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > The hard drive failed on my satellite a70 and I'd like to replace it. > Bought in Canada, currently living in Japan; when I took the laptop in > to a Toshiba repair shop, they quoted me $850 (85,000 yen) to replace > the HD because it's a foreign model. We laughed and laughed, and then > he was like, "No seriously." I've been under the hood of a desktop many > times, but am pretty clueless about laptops. Any advice on: > > - Where I can get a replacement drive, bearing in mind that I speak > very little Japanese? A Japanese online retailer with english would be > great, if wishful thinking. I live in Mito, which is only a few hours > out of Tokyo, so Akihabara etc is also an option. > > - Any restrictions on what kind of drive I can get? (ie, will any 2.5" > drive, regardless of size and speed, work?) > > - Anything else I should look out for? > > Thanks, > -m. >