Laptop that wont turn on and its data?

Question

I have a laptop that won't turn on, I looked it up and its a common fault with this particular laptop and its probably the motherboard (not that I'm an expert).

I was just wondering how easy/hard, cheap/expensive or if it is even possible to transfer the data off the hard drive without having it fixed as its expensive to get fixed and I need the stuff that is on it.

Thanks

Answer 1

Easy. If you are not that bothered with the laptop then you'll need the hard drive out of it. Flip the lappie over and look for a panel about the size of a cigarette packet - you need to undo this to expose the hard drive. Slide the hard away from its connection point - if it has loads of pins on it it is an IDE, if it has a flat connector on it it is a SATA drive. Pop along to you local tech shop and ask for a hard drive caddy variant for the type of hard drive you have. Stick your old hard drive in to the caddy and connect to any computer with USB and 'bingo' you can now access all your data. Cost - not as much as you'd think, and cheaper than taking it to a 'professional' who'll charge a fortune for doing exactly the same thing.

Answer 2

It really won't be hard or expensive to transfer the data from one hard drive to another or use the hard drive on a different laptop. If it's a standarad 2.5" HDD it will most probably work with any other laptop. You should get more information about the compatibility between HDD's and computers before doing it. Or you could hire someone and I'm pretty sure you'll only be paying for an hours work.

Answer 3

It's easy and cheap just buy a 2.5" external caddy from eBay. You just need to find out if your hard drive is Sata or IDE. Look this up on google to find out. Then take your hard drive out of your laptop and put it in the caddy. Then plug it into another computer and you can get all of your files.

Answer 4

Hello,



You can use an usb to sata cable and use your laptop hard drive as a ext hard drive to transfer data to another PC or cloud. Or else, you can insert the HD as secondary HDD on another laptop and use it for data transfer. So, do not worry.

Answer 5

It's easy. Open up the hard-drive compartment. Or simply follow a dissembling guide for that model number if you find one. Unplug and remove the hard drive. And hook it up inside a desktop using a SATA cable and a power cable. (Only one type of power cable will fit, so its not a huge puzzle)



Should be accessible. Better google how to do it for a better guide.

Answer 6

the two laptops are in basic terms some 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous and neither will turn on? Sounds sort of fishy. yet you won't have the ability to pass the suggestions from a ineffective gadget. you will the two could get them grew to become on a technique or the different or have the problematic drives moved to a working gadget.