Im so sick!!!!!

susi

my dell laptop has died on me. It wont boot up at all, my sons friend who knows quite a bit about computers has taken it to have a look. Whats really upsetting me is I have all my grandsons photos on there from the day he was born, is there any way in this day and age that I can get them back even if my computer has had it???? I know I should have backed them up but I didnt. Help anyone???? By the way, as for the computer, it just went all of a sudden, no warnings just wont boot up

unrich

If the thing is dead and there are no lights then it may be the motherboard or something peripheral. The hard disk may be intact. You may be able to stick the HDD on an adapter and back the whole lot onto DVDs or USB flash drive. Don't dispare yet and DON'T LET THE FIXER OVERWRITE THE DISK.

BritBrat

Take the hard drive out as above before friend formats it.

chuckles1066

BritBrat wrote: »

Take the hard drive out as above before friend formats it.

ha ha! You'll be amazed at how many "friends who know about computers" actually make everything worse :beer:

antilles

Yeah, the hard drive (where all your photos are stored) will most likely still be working. So it's unlikely that you've lost your photos.

You either need to get the laptop repaired, or remove the hard drive to get the data off it - for example you could connect it into a desktop PC using a hard drive enclosure which you can buy for a couple of quid.

toasterman

Whatever you do, don't run a recovery cd, restore cd, or any kind of "recovery" mode on the laptop (if it is accessible).
The majority of them wipe all data in the process.

BritBrat

If you are going to let anyone repair it, take the drive out go to a computer fair and buy a replacement one as cheap as possible for them to work on it.

But keep the original drive safe with you.

Put it into a caddy and you can access the files from another computer.

You could do that anyway and backup all the DATA then let them have the drive back for repair, think that is what I would do.

The one thing I would NOT do is let anyone try to repair it before I have backed up the data/pictures.

A device like this caddy:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/106527

albertross_2

Tried taking the battery out?

banger9365

chuckles1066 wrote: »

ha ha! You'll be amazed at how many "friends who know about computers" actually make everything worse :beer:

too right ,have to agree with you there

bargain_hunt_4

Have you tried the battery trick , had a problem with my laptop not booting up caused by a build up of static on the motherboard.

Take the battery out and disconnect power , hold down the power button for 10 seconds replace battery and try to boot up.

nickcardwell

when you do get it back (hopefully with photos) sign up with humyo.com (you can upload 25gb of images) all for free. You can install software, and it appears as a drive letter..