My laptop motherboard is broken, but is the data in its hard drive still there?

Question

Moreover, can I store data in this PC which I'm using right now into the laptop hard drive? If I can, how?

Answer 1

Yes, however, this will involve removing the hard drive and reinstalling it in a different machine.

Answer 2

While you can theoretically install the hard drive in another laptop,

this doesn't always work out as well as the "Concensus" above would suggest.



Operating systems XP and later "Key" to the system on which they are installed

and hardware drivers aren't always the same or compatible from one machine

to another.



And even if it does "sorta" work such bastardized switchivers rarely work correctly.



Generally speaking what is best is to take the hard drive out of the dead computer

and install it into an appropriate USB hard drive enclosure and use another WORKING

SYSTEM extract your files off the drive as an external drive.



Though this is not your situation, even a failed hard drive is often not completely dead.

The operating system may be sufficiently corrupted to prevent it from operating any

computer, but the data is still there and visible & accessable to another operating system

on another computer.



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Answer 3

More than likely, since you can get your files off by removing the hard drive and downloading it to another PC you purchase(d) by using another type component that can pull this info off or have someone you know with knowledge on how to extract this info....pay a place such as Geek Squad or any place that pulls info off of a hard drive. You can do it....by buying a cloning device that you plug your specific type hard drive into (Apricorn Drivewire) or buy an external case to plug your hard drive into and use the USB cable to allow your new PC to read and pull what you want from it. Its easy and cheap!



Just remember, you can't pull programs you had on it...just the files! Good luck!

Answer 4

Your data should be intact on the hard drive. You can transfer it to another laptop, or you could remove it completely and place it in an external casing, which can be ordered from a number of online sources or bought at your local computer supply store. You could then just use it as an external hard drive, plug it into any machine and use it for storage across multiple machines until you were ready to put it back into the original or into a new laptop. This method would be cheaper than buying another laptop just to put the hard drive into.



Here are some examples of inexpensive external cases:



https://www.google.com/search?q=laptop+hard+drive+external+casing&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=653&tbm=shop&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&ei=hqGyToG3Nany2QXI67y8Aw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=6&ved=0CDQQ_AUoBQ



Good luck!

Answer 5

the chances are very likely, the information stored in the hard drive can be recovered by placing the hard drive in another laptop. Take it to a local pc nerd to have it done.

Answer 6

Switch the hard drive inro another laptop buy ebay cheap dell under 200$

Answer 7

Yes remove the hard drive and order this.