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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    The HP 15 machine was from Argos but I could also have bought it from Curry's/PC World for the same £299. The Toshiba it replaced was bought by me new in April 2014 from Staples and this also cost £299. I think its fair to assume I've now got a machine that's a more modern and faster spec with...
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    And as a final update, Mrs R successfully transferred all the old files onto the new laptop plus the MS Office 2013 (Word & Excel) that I'd bought with the original machine in 2014. So everything now seems to be tickety boo.
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    Well I bought the HP15 from Argos. It seems quite a bit faster than the old one which I think confirmed it was on its way out. Mrs R did the data transfer for me onto the usb and she will do the other transfer at the end. I take your point about the back up so will probably keep the old machine...
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    Yes it's me again. It occurs to me that my old Toshiba laptop does have some value in it. According to one of the retail sites, they estimate £30 so obviously the true value is higher, maybe even £50 and I could put this toward my new laptop. Assuming I've copied everything correctly from the...
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    Oooer. Your suggesting an old man and change in the same post :D. No I've never done a back up but the other day I bought a Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 in readiness for the event. I believe it to be plenty big enough to do the transfer. When I bought my current Toshiba laptop 3.5 years ago I also...
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    90%, I'd have thought higher still but hey ho. Anyway, Assuming I've bought myself a new laptop, how do I transfer all the programmes, documents, pictures, files, folders etc from the old laptop to the new one?
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    Thanks once again. This one seems to be a good compromise of price and specification unless there's something glaringly obvious I've missed...
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    Thank you for your replies. I'd never heard of SSD but I see the logic. Perhaps the choices aren't so important as I thought.
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    Help Needed To Choose A New Laptop

    Hello, non-techie person here looking for advice to replace my 3.5 year old Toshiba laptop. I only use it lightly but I get the feeling it's going to break down soon. Sky internet connection drops and sometimes some not even large spreadsheets take ages to load etc. I don't play games or do...
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    Backing Up

    According to a Toshiba spec page, it has 2 x USB 2.0 and 1 x USB 3.0. So that looks like I'm good to go. Thanks once again.
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    Backing Up

    Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I don't know about the socket but I'll have a nosey around. It's a 3 year old Toshiba by the way.
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    Backing Up

    Hopefully a straightforward question from a decidedly non-techy laptop user to people more savvy than me. Can I do a back up of my run of the mill files (mainly Excel & Word + photos) from my laptop onto a new Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 Flash Drive? I bought one yesterday for this very purpose and...
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    Importing from China

    I'm considering importing a specific consumer electronic item from China for resale in the UK. I have already got prices from the supplier but before I determine a proposed selling price, I need to know if I will have to pay any tax/duty etc on importing. The value of the items will be under £2...
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    Trojan Horse

    Thank you for the replies. I'll add a bit more detail to my problem. The Avast warning only pops up when I click on my own website, no other. The message says 'Trojan Horse Blocked. Avast Webshield has blocked a harmful webpage or file. Object: aitchteeteepee://.../jspng and a bit more...
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    Trojan Horse

    I went onto my own website this evening and got a message saying that Avast had blocked a trojan horse. Naturally I am alarmed at this. Its a simple tradesmans brochure style site running to 8 or so pages, made using Serif X5 and hosted by LCN. I use IE. Please can someone advise me how to get...
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