Thinking my laptop is fried

Oh man that sux LauraR. I assume it was powered up at the time?
Do you have an external enclosure that will take the drive? Those can come in handy for transferring data. Just need to get the correct type that has the interior connection you need. Some are designed to accept multiple types of hard drives.

(Uh oh, you didn't have 47 different types of back ups? For shame.rolleyes)

 

I like the docking station idea better for a temporary fix than an external enclosure. I didn't realize they came in that many "flavors". Good idea and cheaper also.
I'd still use an external for long time usage/storage.

 

Sorry to hear about the lappy, (again!), Laura . Yeah, like the guys said, a docking station is the easiest be, (every true Geek should have at least one, i.m.o.). For future reference, you can even get desktop cases that have a docking station built into the case. I build such systems all the time. Just make sure the docking station accepts 21/2" H.D.D.'s.


E.G. Like this Thermaltake V9 offering:-

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2010/06/th...casing-offers-a-dual-bay-top-docking-station/

 

Damn, I obviously need to pay more attention to hardware coming out.:-o
That is a great option on that case Phantom.

(Just ain't enough hours in the day.)

 

It seems that you and I have about the same luck when it comes to laptops. :cry

I just bought one of these to try to salvage data (unsuccessfully) off a drive in my new laptop (less than 8 months old) that just died because apparently that particular model of drive has a manufacturers defect in it and although they know they won't do anything about it. :mad sorry /rant LOL

I did hook it up to a (different) old drive in a laptop I don't use anymore (it's broken) and was it was easy. Just a simple plug and play and I was able to just drag and drop the contents of that drive on this brand new drive (replacement for the dead one), just wanted to see if it would work and it did, very easily. I had it going for about 20 minutes and it did get a little hot so I just let it cool down before I removed it from the enclosure.

Poor Laura, I feel your pain.

 

Sorry to hear about the death of your PC.

A bit off-topic, we need to be careful about using the word "fried". The Texas State Fair has a contest for the most offbeat fried foods - if one of the food vendors hears this, deep fried Toshibas, Dells and HPs may be on next year's menu. :-D

 

Pretty simple on the IBM/Dell/HP/Toshiba I have opened. Turn a screw or two to remove access door. On some the HD is still attached to the access door- up to three screws to remove drive. All the parts are salvagable to some geek on eBay needing good screen.

Lastly, did you happen to take the extended warranty? Staples warranty covers spills albeit there is some pain to collect.

 

IMO, the best extended warranty company is Square Trade (www.squaretrade.com). Their prices for PC coverage are about half of what retail stores charge and they have a guarantee that - if they can't fix it five days - they'll send you a check for the original purchase price to go out and buy a new one.

 

Yay! Good deal on the laptop working again, Laura. Lazarus of the laptops strikes again, Lol!

So, no new lappy for you. But could be worse like me, blasted fridge shorted out and died, last week, clothes dryer went belly up and decided to stop rotating this week, and stove is on it's last legs. Spent nearly $2k already - Grrr!:cry

 

Glad you got crazy laptop working again but now you know is the perfect time for a backup! LOL

Laptops can be such strange creatures. I just turned mine on and sometime during the night it decided it wanted to go back in time. I noticed that the date was set to August 20, 2009. What a random date for it to pick? :-D

 

And threaten anyone with drinks near it!

 

Yeah, but what I want to know is - did the goldfish survive??....:confused

 

I think LauraR's next laptop should be along these lines - http://www.zuzafun.com/waterproof-laptop

:-D:-D

 

That's good. Bettas are very pretty fish, aren't they? A bit tricky with their fighting tendencies, though.

 

Very nice, Laura! Yeah, I like the Cobalt Blue variety as well, I believe they're called.

 

Glad to read that your laptop survived the cold shower Laura. Hope it stays that way. Pretty fish .... can one say that about male fish?