Dodgy computer repair and missing parts

[indie_chick5]

About a year ago I had a HP laptop (afraid I can't remember the model). It used to just switch itself off all the time until one day it didn't turn on at all. I took it to a computer repair shop where I was told a few days later that my motherboard and C-drive were "dead". I hadn't backed up anything and was told all my work, photos, music etc were lost for good. A family friend then took my laptop as he is an expert with them. He said that when he took the computer apart, a "memory card" was missing, and everything looked like it had been shoved back in badly, the fan was all mangled and crumpled and there were many loose connections. Apparently that particular model of HP laptop used these memory cards and this was stopped, making them hard to get hold of and therefore potentially valuable. I suspect the computer repair guy nicked it, but I wanted to ask a wider range of expects - what do you think? If he did take it, what can I do? I feel like I've been taken for a ride because I'm a 23 year old female with little knowledge about computers! Thanks for any help/advice you can offer.

[escott]

Aww, that's a bad news. There are really some opportunists people out there, and they would take advantage. Next time be sure to go to reliable people or have someone to accompany you, so that they would not outsmarted you. Lots of great <a href="https://www.techienow.com/">online computer support</a> out there.