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Data from damaged machine Guy Kornetzki 11-03-2005
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Posted by Guy Kornetzki on November 3, 2005, 5:00 pm
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 Hi,

Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot up?
If I physically remove the Hard-Drive for example, can I connect it to
something and access the data?

Was told at the lab that it may be a motherboard problem, so looks like
quite a serious fault. Hard-Drive seems to spin though when trying to power
up, but screen is blacked-out; no go with safe-mode nor a recovery CD.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

~ ~ ~
GuyKo.





Posted by nb on November 3, 2005, 5:34 pm
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> Hi,
>
> Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot up?
> If I physically remove the Hard-Drive for example, can I connect it to
> something and access the data?
>
> Was told at the lab that it may be a motherboard problem, so looks like
> quite a serious fault. Hard-Drive seems to spin though when trying to
> power
> up, but screen is blacked-out; no go with safe-mode nor a recovery CD.
>
> Any ideas?

One thing you could do is purchase a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter cable made to
install a notebook drive in a desktop, another would be to look for a usb
drive enclosure made for 2.5" drives.




Posted by Peter T. Breuer on November 3, 2005, 6:38 pm
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> Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot up?

Sure. Put the disk in another machine.

Peter


Posted by Notan on November 3, 2005, 10:44 am
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"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> > Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot up?
>
> Sure. Put the disk in another machine.

Unless a hard drive password has been set.

Notan


Posted by Peter T. Breuer on November 3, 2005, 7:01 pm
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> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>>
>> > Can I access data from a Hard-Drive when the laptop can't seem to boot up?
>>
>> Sure. Put the disk in another machine.

> Unless a hard drive password has been set.

Then use the password, bro.

Peter


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