boisdevie1
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Connecting a PC and a notebookMy PC won't boot up. I don't know whether it's a problem with the motherboard, hard disk or windows installation. So, how easy is it to connect the hard drive in the PC to my notebook so I can get at the data?
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Nick
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But, honestly, do you really need it?
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boisdevie1
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Yep. I need the data. There's an interesting word document that I saved which explains all the benefits that having a GPS would give me.
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tahir
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You can open up the laptop, extract the HD and then either get a 2.5"-3.5" IDE adaptor to mount it internally in your PC or a USB case for it
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Nick
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| boisdevie1 wrote: | | Yep. I need the data. There's an interesting word document that I saved which explains all the benefits that having a GPS would give me. |
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boisdevie1
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| tahir wrote: | | You can open up the laptop, extract the HD and then either get a 2.5"-3.5" IDE adaptor to mount it internally in your PC or a USB case for it |
It's t'other way round. The notebook is fine.. it's the desktop PC that's poorly so I'm trying to get to the data on the PC hard disk.
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tahir
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Then you need an external USB case for your PC hard drive
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happytechie
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or dowload a linux live CD-Rom which you can boot from to try to rescue the file:
like this one http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
when you say won't boot, do you get anything at all when you turn it on? Any beeps or on screen messages? Can you hear a disk tuning inside or see any lights flashing.
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JB
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Warning - one problem that causes boot failure is hard drive failure. So your PC might be OK but the drive might not.
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RichardW
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| happytechie wrote: | or dowload a linux live CD-Rom which you can boot from to try to rescue the file:
like this one http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
when you say won't boot, do you get anything at all when you turn it on? Any beeps or on screen messages? Can you hear a disk tuning inside or see any lights flashing. |
You can get run from cd windows too
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