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How can I save my data from a dead laptop?
In October or November, I bought a laptop from walmart (a toshiba Satellite A205-S5000.) Earlier this week, it stopped turning on. I used two different chargers, and nothing. No lights will come on. I asked around and was told it is probably the motherboard. Someone told me that I could take out my hard drive and save the data still. I can put it into a hard drive enclosure. What will my hard drive look like? What size enclosure will I need? Thanks.
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- Jessica QuellerLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
For a laptop, you most likely need a SATA 2.5" enclosure, but you should double-check.
Measure the drive to see if it's 2.5" or 3.5" wide.
Also, consult this picture to see if you have a PATA or SATA connection to your drive:
- Larry RLv 61 decade ago
I think I may have misunderstood your question.
If I did, I appologize.
I had a laptop that got fried by a power surge in our home. I looked into getting the data (or what data remains) off my hard drive. I was told it CAN be done, but as I said it is normally expensive. These services are not designed for a personal computer user to the be client, their normal client base is a company that NEEDS the sales presentation and contract evaluation that was on Bill's Laptop, and they NEED it by Wed. and will pay whatever it takes to get it. My hard dive was no longer working, I was told that what it needed involves taking the drive into a clean room and physically opening it and trying to read what is left on the platters. Even then there is no guarantee they will be able to salvage anything.
So it can be done, but it is normally expensive.
This is a link for one such service. I don't know anything about them, they were just the first one that came up on Google.
http://www.fields-data-recovery.com/home.html?gcli...
Like I said, my hard drive was dead. If your hard drive is working, but there are other issues with the computer, that woudl be a different case, and my advice may not be relevant.
Good luck.
