You can take your pick from many identical laptops for under £100 on eBay. If you just wanted one with a working screen for spares, it should cost a lot less.

Hi money saving chums - can you help please

We recently dropped a 4-year-old laptop and now the screen does not work. Swift covers me for accidental damage. The laptop is a Compaq (now hp) nx 6310.

I do not have the receipt and cannot remember how much it cost. Internet is not helping, as the laptop is too old.

Two questions
1) Is it worth claiming bearing in mind an excess of £100 and potential increased premiums?
2) If it works on a like for like comparison, do I find an equivalent spec laptop and establish a cost.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers
Mike