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What's the difference between:I've had my pc reformatted.  AndI had my pc reformatted.  Is the second sentence past perfect?

MichalS · Accepted Answer

The first one is present perfect while the second one is past simple. Both are in the passive. The difference is that of between present perfect and past simple, which is discussed daily on this forum.

Pleasehelp · Answer

so what and how is past perfect used?

Ivanhr · Answer

pleasehelpso what and how is past perfect used?

Have you ever had your pc reformatted?

Yes, I've had my pc reformatted (before).

MichalS · Answer

I've had my pc reformatted = present perfect
I had my pc reformatted = past simple
I had had my pc reformatted = past perfect

These sentences use the structure 'have something done' that is have someone to do certain things for you. In your sentences, it's not you who reformatted the pc, but someone else, probably a specialist.

You asked about the difference between the present perfect and past simple in these sentences. Try to determine it yourself and we'll check it for you.

Past Perfect is used only when there is a need to use it, that is, when 2 or more actions happened in the past, one of which happened even earlier than the other one(s).

When we arrived, he had left. (= First he left, then we arrived.)
When we arrived, he left. (=First we arrived, then he left.)

MichalS · Answer

Ivanhr
pleasehelpso what and how is past perfect used?

Have you ever had your pc reformatted?

Yes, I've had my pc reformatted (before).

I'm sorry but you're mixing the past perfect with the present perfect here.

Ivanhr · Answer

Yes, I used the present perfect instead of the past perfect.

I had had my pc reformatted before I bought a new monitor. (but the simple past will do just fine here)

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