Laptop hardrive help

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by elise2, Oct 15, 2011.

  1. elise2

    elise2 Private E-2

    A friends laptop got busted to pieces. I want to help him recover the data (pics/music) from the hard drive. Where do I start?

    Will his hard drive be compatable with my laptop? His is Compac I think and mine is Dell.

    His is (or was) running Vista.

    Any info is appreciated.
    Thanks ~ Elise
     
    elise2, Oct 15, 2011
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  2. tgell

    tgell Major Geek Extraordinaire

    tgell, Oct 15, 2011
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  3. jaydeee

    jaydeee Private E-2

    USB adapter is the first requirement, then you may also need to use recovery application like recuva to recover your files.

    good luck helping.
     
    jaydeee, Oct 15, 2011
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  4. baklogic

    baklogic The Tinkerer

    With that type of adaptor, you can read it, by attaching to your laptop, and copy files to a usb stick, also attached to your laptop.
    Most of the time you can do that, but if you find you need permisions , then come back, and ask again.
     
    baklogic, Oct 16, 2011
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