Repair disc, any good?

[Macca_172]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WINDOWS-RESTO...ting_Software_Software_SR&hash=item3a638f06cd
Are these worth a punt?
HP desk top just through its hand in, no but disc message, was going to replace HDD and OS.
Ta

 

[dajones]

I would say no

 

[Nickson]

Again... Wouldnt touch with a bargepole..

 

[ffoegs]

did your machine not come with OS rebuild cd's?

 

[Macca_172]

Couldn't say for sure as its around 5 yrs old now, if it did i don't know where they went
Will probably go with a new HDD and OS and take the lost data as a painful lesson
Original HD was a Western digital WD2500, can I replace it with anything as long as its SATA?
Ta

 

[realnumber 1]

Plug the HDD into another PC 1st and see if it see's it.
As for that disk on ebay, you can download the repair disk iso's for free...

 

[Macca_172]

Plug the HDD into another PC 1st and see if it see's it

House is full of laptops only, this is/was the only PC.
Will buy new and try pluging it in then as a slave to see if I can salvage anything.

 

[st3ve]

If you buy a new hdd just install the os on that drive, once your into windows you should see your other drive with all the data if it's still working.

Also if you hdd's are SATA then you wont have to piss about with master and slave, thats the older IDE interface.