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laptop gone wrong

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I have had my asus laptop for about 8-9 years and it has finally give up to the ghost yesterday
I`m gutted
but I have saved nearly all my passwords and some programs to a separate hard drive so not to bad.
now can I take the hard drive out of my laptop and put it in my pc to get any information I might of missed?
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You can, laptops usually (I think?) Use 2.5" HDD's rather than the 3.5" HDD's desktops commonly use so you'll need an adapter to hold it securely in a HDD tray.. you can probably pick them up off eBay for a fiver. SATA/power cables should be the same though

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Yes you can, usually.

Sometimes the adapters on laptop drives can be different, especially Dell ones. However most are simple SATA drives.

If you have a desktop PC, just plug it in to your mortherboard with another SATA data and power cable. If you're stuck on this bit, PM me I will send you my phone no.

The easiest thing may be to buy this:


That way you don't have to take your desktop apart. You can just plug it into a USB socket and then copy all your data across to your desktop HDD.
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bazzashadow wrote: now can I take the hard drive out of my laptop and put it in my pc to get any information I might of missed?
thanks
AFAIK you will only be able to do that so long as it's not the hard drive in your laptop that has packed up.

Well done in backing up what you have :clap:

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2 Options;

1. (Fast) Put the Laptop drive into a USB case and plug it into the PC as an external drive.

2. (Slow) Plug the Laptop drive into the Mother board (best option) of your PC using an adapter if necessary.
With it connected via this method, you can run Data Recovery software on your Host PC to dig up files may have even been deleted on your laptop drive.

Anyway 8-9 from a laptop!!!! Holysmoke! You are not going to believe how fast your new laptop will be ;)
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sirch345 wrote:
bazzashadow wrote: now can I take the hard drive out of my laptop and put it in my pc to get any information I might of missed?
thanks
AFAIK you will only be able to do that so long as it's not the hard drive in your laptop that has packed up.

Well done in backing up what you have :clap:

Chris.
I backed it up every so often
and the laptop fan starts and power switch lights up after pressing the power button then about 5 seconds and it turns off again
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Miztaziggy wrote:Yes you can, usually.

Sometimes the adapters on laptop drives can be different, especially Dell ones. However most are simple SATA drives.

If you have a desktop PC, just plug it in to your mortherboard with another SATA data and power cable. If you're stuck on this bit, PM me I will send you my phone no.

The easiest thing may be to buy this:


That way you don't have to take your desktop apart. You can just plug it into a USB socket and then copy all your data across to your desktop HDD.
thanks for the offer ziggy
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next question
do I go for another asus
and I had a 17" screen so I would like the same again
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I'd recommend Asus, currently use an Asustek motherboard and GPU in my desktop, same as most of my coworkers, and the quality hasn't changed.

I did have an MSI laptop but the problems with the hardware were almost unending. Was very common with the model apparently (GE60) but I steer clear of them now anyway

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has anyone used ebuyer before and if so are they any good
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bazzashadow wrote:has anyone used ebuyer before and if so are they any good
Personally, I dont like them.

Google 'ebuyer rma rejected'

They have an in office competition to see how many valid returns they can reject. There was a pic posted on their own website with a chart on the background.

If you want a new one, you can't go wrong with Dell really. I buy all our work ones from there. Bought 6 or 7 this last year and they're all spot on. Just get their most basic 17" and it'll easily be good enough for every day use.

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thanks for all your help
I thought dell`s where dear but I stand to be corrected
might of tried one if I was not so impatient
I have gone for this one


just hope I`m as happy as I was with my old one
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bazzashadow wrote: I backed it up every so often
:clap: that is what you should do, but how many times do you hear "I wish I'd backed it up" when it's too late.
bazzashadow wrote:and the laptop fan starts and power switch lights up after pressing the power button then about 5 seconds and it turns off again
If the HD spins when powered up you should be okay.

That didn't take long in getting a replacement :thumbup:
The one you've ordered looks reasonable spec's to me.

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sirch345 wrote:
bazzashadow wrote: I backed it up every so often
:clap: that is what you should do, but how many times do you hear "I wish I'd backed it up" when it's too late.
bazzashadow wrote:and the laptop fan starts and power switch lights up after pressing the power button then about 5 seconds and it turns off again
If the HD spins when powered up you should be okay.

That didn't take long in getting a replacement :thumbup:
The one you've ordered looks reasonable spec's to me.

Chris.

I ordered fast because sitting at this pc does my head and back in :lol:
and the only thing I don`t like is not having a dedicated graphics card
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bazzashadow wrote: I ordered fast because sitting at this pc does my head and back in :lol:
In that case it's not a new pc you need, it's a chair :wink: :thumbup:

Chris.
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