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By *lassy Standards OP   Couple
7 weeks ago

Attic Derby

Hi, our laptop was open on the sofa edge and got knocked off and stood on. We are going to buy a new one but want to save pictures from the smashed laptop. Don't want to take it to a shop as pictures of us on it from meets. Can anyone help or advise

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By *ilverFoxXXXMan
7 weeks ago

Portsmouth


"Hi, our laptop was open on the sofa edge and got knocked off and stood on. We are going to buy a new one but want to save pictures from the smashed laptop. Don't want to take it to a shop as pictures of us on it from meets. Can anyone help or advise"

If the hard drive itself is not physically damaged you can buy a cradle it slots into that connects to another machine by USB.

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By *rivatecouple30sCouple
7 weeks ago

Newcastle and Edinburgh

There’s a company called PC image you can use. Will have to send it off though.

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By *lassy Standards OP   Couple
7 weeks ago

Attic Derby

Not sending it away anywhere. Was hoping someone local could do it and put the memory onto a new laptop. That way I can be there to know images aren't being copied

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By *iss Boot LoverTV/TS
7 weeks ago

Tetbury

Just get a hard drive cradle off the Internet or curry's for £30, easy.

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By *exy_HornyCouple
7 weeks ago

Leigh

If it is the screen that’s broken and the laptop starts up, just plug an external monitor in then copy the files.

If it is a Windows machine the disk may be encrypted using hardware built into the computer so may not be readable if removed.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
7 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence


"Hi, our laptop was open on the sofa edge and got knocked off and stood on. We are going to buy a new one but want to save pictures from the smashed laptop. Don't want to take it to a shop as pictures of us on it from meets. Can anyone help or advise

If the hard drive itself is not physically damaged you can buy a cradle it slots into that connects to another machine by USB."

^This. You can get them dead cheap as well. Most I see on Amazon are under £10.

You may need to do a bit of googling of your laptop model to find out which hard drive type/connector you have, so that you buy the right adapter. Chances are you'll have a SATA connector as most laptop motherboards do, but Google it first.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
7 weeks ago

Norwich

Op is there an organised social near you? If there is you would be bound to find a computer savvy person there that can help you

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
7 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"If it is the screen that’s broken and the laptop starts up, just plug an external monitor in then copy the files.

If it is a Windows machine the disk may be encrypted using hardware built into the computer so may not be readable if removed."

This.

If it's got an HDMI port just plug it into your TV and hit the relevant F button to change the display output.

Then plug in a USB stick and transfer the files you want to that.

You can buy the cradle and remove the hard drive later. I have about 6 old laptop hard drives that I removed, formatted and just use for photo storage now rather than leaving in dead laptops and recycling.

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By *outhern77Man
7 weeks ago

Quinton

Bit far away to help ..

But as stated , You can get a Cable that attaches to the Hard Drive and Your New one (I've done it 4 times now on Laptop and Desktop HDDs) around £5 on fleabay/mazon

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By *ffervescentMan
7 weeks ago

winfrith


"There’s a company called PC image you can use. Will have to send it off though. "
They don't want to send it off sensitive pics and nipples .

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By *eroLondonMan
7 weeks ago

Mayfair

It's likely that your laptop will have a 2.5" HDD (or SSD) drive. Echoing the advice above you need to buy a relatively cheap "USB 3.0 to SATA adapter", or similar.

The SATA end of the adapter is a wide connecter comprised of 22 hidden pins.

In essence it becomes a glorified USB stick attached to a working Windows PC/Laptop. It's really quite simple. 🩶

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By *angOnBunnyCouple
7 weeks ago

Ipswich


"It's likely that your laptop will have a 2.5" HDD (or SSD) drive. Echoing the advice above you need to buy a relatively cheap "USB 3.0 to SATA adapter", or similar.

The SATA end of the adapter is a wide connecter comprised of 22 hidden pins.

In essence it becomes a glorified USB stick attached to a working Windows PC/Laptop. It's really quite simple. 🩶"

This. I just use a simple SATA to USB adapter to connect drives to my laptop and mount them for access. Quick, cheap and simple. Cable was about a fiver

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By *ohnjones3210Man
7 weeks ago

Chester

Buy an adapter from eBay. It's easy. Check the connection of the hard drive first. It's probably sata.

🙂

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By *alandNitaCouple
7 weeks ago

Scunthorpe


"Not sending it away anywhere. Was hoping someone local could do it and put the memory onto a new laptop. That way I can be there to know images aren't being copied"

It's dead easy to do, I'd happily do it for you if I was closer.

If the laptop still turns on, you might be able to plug it into your TV with a HDMI cable & plug a USB keyboard in. Then you can access it to copy the files.

Cal

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By *tephanie63Woman
7 weeks ago

BRIDGWATER


"Hi, our laptop was open on the sofa edge and got knocked off and stood on. We are going to buy a new one but want to save pictures from the smashed laptop. Don't want to take it to a shop as pictures of us on it from meets. Can anyone help or advise"

You can get a new screen put in it ..

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By *2000ManMan
7 weeks ago

Worthing

As been mentioned, get sata/usb adaptor. Connect drive up to new laptop and browse to it.

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By *ansoffateMan
7 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

You just need to know if it's connection is sata or M2. Theres adapters, cradles you can grab for pennies letting you use a usb connection to the new pc. It's not rocket appliances get one off Amazon and save yourself some money.

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By *he Silver FuxMan
7 weeks ago

Uttoxeter

Try using the external monitor option, that way you can steer through the security and enter your login details and extract the files to a USB - everyone suggesting just ‘browsing’ the hard drive via a cradle / connecting lead clearly doesn’t have a clue…

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By *angOnBunnyCouple
7 weeks ago

Ipswich


"Try using the external monitor option, that way you can steer through the security and enter your login details and extract the files to a USB - everyone suggesting just ‘browsing’ the hard drive via a cradle / connecting lead clearly doesn’t have a clue…"

I think they do. If thee drive 8s operational then taking itnout, use a cradle and it's an external drive of large capacity and more reliable than a USB.

2 birds 1 stone and drive can be used for backups and much more storage space

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By *alandNitaCouple
7 weeks ago

Scunthorpe


"Try using the external monitor option, that way you can steer through the security and enter your login details and extract the files to a USB - everyone suggesting just ‘browsing’ the hard drive via a cradle / connecting lead clearly doesn’t have a clue…"

That very much depends on the age/setup of the laptop. If it's not very new, then it's unlikely to be encrypted.

Cal

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By *he Silver FuxMan
7 weeks ago

Uttoxeter


"Try using the external monitor option, that way you can steer through the security and enter your login details and extract the files to a USB - everyone suggesting just ‘browsing’ the hard drive via a cradle / connecting lead clearly doesn’t have a clue…

That very much depends on the age/setup of the laptop. If it's not very new, then it's unlikely to be encrypted.

Cal"

It’s not the age of the hardware, any currently supported windows OS won’t let you just plug in a hard drive and access personal folders!

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By *alandNitaCouple
7 weeks ago

Scunthorpe


"Try using the external monitor option, that way you can steer through the security and enter your login details and extract the files to a USB - everyone suggesting just ‘browsing’ the hard drive via a cradle / connecting lead clearly doesn’t have a clue…

That very much depends on the age/setup of the laptop. If it's not very new, then it's unlikely to be encrypted.

Cal

It’s not the age of the hardware, any currently supported windows OS won’t let you just plug in a hard drive and access personal folders!"

That's just not true, I regularly do that with windows 10 machines... The age of the hardware is relevant because it will dictate wether it would have updated onto Win-11

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By *ib.Man
7 weeks ago

Hampshire

2.5" usb cradle from Amazon/eBay, few screws, plug in, copy stuff across.

Dead easy.

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By *ib.Man
7 weeks ago

Hampshire

I'd suggest keeping data you don't want to lose in cloud storage going forward too.

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By *erry bull1Man
7 weeks ago

doncaster

If it still powers up you can plug in an external hard drive and transfer the pics across , you can get one from amazon

I use one for my music and can plug in my car

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By *inkygentkentMan
7 weeks ago

Maidstone

As others have said - connect it to your TV with an HDMI cable and see if the Windows login screen appears. Then copy the data to an external USB drive.

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By *aughtystaffs60Couple
7 weeks ago

Staffordshire

Lots of idea on youtube how to do it if you search and need visual help.

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