Data retrieval from dead laptop

[Jerry Feldman]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:10:45 -0400
"Roger H. Goun" <roger at bcah.com> wrote:

> What's the best way to retrieve files from the hard drive of a dead
> laptop?
> 
> I have a three-year old Sony VAIO Z505JS laptop that refuses to start.
> I've been through all the usual troubleshooting steps. It would cost
> almost $100 just to get a repair quote from Sony's service department,
> and a minimum of $300 to fix it. It's probably not worth it.
> 
> However, there are some files on its hard drive that I'd like to
> retrieve, as it had been a few days since it was backed up. If this
> were a desktop system I'd just pull the hard drive and plug it into
> something compatible as a secondary drive. How would you do it with a
> laptop?
Just to add to what has been already said. There are also adaptors for
Fire Wire and USB. I did that with my old laptop drive so my daughter
could transfer files to her new Mac laptop.


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