I normally just buy cheapest computer I can find and when something goes seriously wrong, I toss it and buy another. However, last summer I bought a nicer Lenovo I5 laptop to do video editing and hate to just throw it away. It was over $600 new (double what I normally pay) and I really liked it. However, it has the blue screen of death and keeps rebooting. I had been working on a video edit for hours and lost everything.... I don't have a clue where the original papers, or the CD's that came with it are at. I was told that I should have kept all of that because I might have to reload Windows or something. Is this vital for repairing it? I don't want to pay to have it repaired then not be able to due to the fact I don't have these CD's..
I just got a Chromebook thinking I could use that instead but it is very limiting and while fine for surfing the net, it can't do any real photo or video editing. I really like it and will probably keep it since I understand it won't get any viruses but would really like a computer for video editing.
I was thinking of using one of those online computer repair services but since I don't have the original discs will I be wasting my money? I would be willing to pay up to maybe $100 if I was sure they could fix it back to like new. But I am not sure who to use....
What to do?
I just got a Chromebook thinking I could use that instead but it is very limiting and while fine for surfing the net, it can't do any real photo or video editing. I really like it and will probably keep it since I understand it won't get any viruses but would really like a computer for video editing.
I was thinking of using one of those online computer repair services but since I don't have the original discs will I be wasting my money? I would be willing to pay up to maybe $100 if I was sure they could fix it back to like new. But I am not sure who to use....
What to do?