RE: Computer question - Tony Lauck - General Asylum

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RE: Computer question

In Reply to: RE: Computer question posted by mls-stl on June 28, 2012 at 19:10:09:

In most cases if one has a second desktop computer one can connect the drive to a spare SATA port and the power to a spare power plug and power it up. I have a whole box of the necessary cables that I have accumulated over the years. The hardest part of the process will be removing the drive from the laptop, at least if one has chubby fingers and aged eyes.

It may be that the drive is damaged or the data on it has been corrupted. In that event, one may have to invoke specialized tools. For example if the disk electronics or head have failed but not the disk surface, one can pay big bugs to a data recovery firm who will disassemble the drive in a clean room and mount the platter into a different, working drive.

Tony Lauck

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Topic - Computer question - robert920rogers@gmail.com 17:50:25 06/28/12 (12)

RE: Computer question - Gary 15:59:57 06/29/12 (1)

Caution... - mls-stl 16:09:52 06/29/12 (0)

By dead do you mean that they don't boot up, or...? - Steve Parry 13:24:39 06/29/12 (0)

RE: Computer question - mls-stl 19:10:09 06/28/12 (8)

RE: Computer question - Tony Lauck 10:27:24 06/30/12 (0)

Might need to add data recovery software; here's a free program that might be handy. - cfb 05:11:41 06/29/12 (0)

wonder if that (or similar) will work with dead ext hard drives? - Green Lantern 00:11:12 06/29/12 (1)

Depends... - mls-stl 04:18:45 06/29/12 (0)

Looks like a useful device (nt) - Metralla 21:15:51 06/28/12 (0)

" three or four dead laptops " - FenderLover 20:09:19 06/28/12 (2)

RE: " three or four dead laptops " - robert920rogers@gmail.com 06:21:47 06/29/12 (1)

RE: " three or four dead laptops " - MylesJ 19:02:01 07/04/12 (0)

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