Laptop Memory

andy69_2

Hi, I have 2 laptops, one has a broken screen which i dont want fixing, and one the power wont turn on which i also dont want fixing, but i dont mind if i have to fix them. Baisically, i have very important photos and videos on them which i need, is it possible to get these off and put them onto a new hard drive type thing? Im rubbish with this kind of stuff. If so, how, and how much is it likely to cost. Many thanks

Ambidou

Hi, personally i would recommend buying a caddy for your HDD's then just transfer them onto your new PC/Laptop, or keep the HDD in the caddy and use it as an external hard drive for storing all your pictures and videos, you can easily pick one up for £15 and its easy to put your hard disk in.

Hammyman

Yes certainly possible. If they're using SATA hard drives, you can simply put them in your desktop as the connectors are the same. If they IDE drives its a little more complicated as you need to buy a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter.

If you're paying someone to do it, I'd have thought an hours labour at most plus whatever you want it backing up on to.

You could just buy an external hard drive box and put the drive in there and use as a USB hard drive.

Russel245

It doesn't cost anything at all if you know what you're doing:

You need to remove the hard drives and plug them into another computer, then you should just be able to drag the files off the laptop hard drives onto another hard drive on said computer.

Depending on the age of the laptops, you will probably have Parallel ATA connectors on your hard drives.

If you have a desktop you can transfer to you should be able to just plug them in (while the computer is off) via a connector on the motherboard.



If not much of that made sense and you have any techie friends now would be the time to call them. Otherwise you will probably need to go to a repair shop, and what can be charged from repair shops is basically a number they make up. Personally I would avoid PC World.

andy69_2

Thanks everyone!

Donnie

What are the makes and models of the laptops? I think a caddy is the best idea, as for the cost of around £8 you will have two new portable hard drives. You can then transfer your important data to your new machine, wipe them(format) and then use them in any way that you wish.

Also a caddy is the easiest option. You need no level of skill at all.

andy69_2

Donnie wrote: »

What are the makes and models of the laptops? I think a caddy is the best idea, as for the cost of around £8 you will have two new portable hard drives. You can then transfer your important data to your new machine, wipe them(format) and then use them in any way that you wish.

Also a caddy is the easiest option. You need no level of skill at all.

Ones a toshiba and one is an acer. SO how does the caddy thing work exactly? Thanks

Donnie

andy69 wrote: »

Ones a toshiba and one is an acer. SO how does the caddy thing work exactly? Thanks

Make amd model. Full model numbers if you please.

You take the hard drive out of the laptop, you slide it into the caddy and snap it shut. You have a new portable hard drive. Plug it in to a USB port with the lead supplied and start manipulating your data.

If you're in the army, you'll have it done in five minutes. That includes the taking it out of the laptop in the first place.

Hard drive removal: Four to four and a half minutes. Slot into caddy: 30 seconds to one minute. The second will be quicker as you will be more confident.

Donnie

Examples:

andy69_2

Thats great mate thanks for that, i cant give you the model number at the moment sorry as I am not at home, I will get them over night if possible. Many thanks again for your help!!

closed

If the broken screen one is just the screen, and you have an external monitor, you could plug it into that and burn to dvd or use flash/external drive. but using a caddy gives you a future means of backup