I have the hard drive from a broken laptop. It has really important things on it. How do I recover said things?
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posted by kgreerRN
on Oct 28, 2010 -
17 answers
Question on upgrading my getting-on-ancient Dell Inspiron 9300's hard drive - what kind of drive do I need, and is there an actual limit to what I can throw in it?
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posted by SNWidget
on Jun 10, 2010 -
7 answers
Before I partake in a spree at Newegg, I'd like to know: Can I plug a USB wireless adapter
like this one into the back of an external hard drive, then access the hard drive with my laptop over my wi-fi network?
posted by judomadonna
on Feb 19, 2010 -
5 answers
Replacing my laptop's hard drive. I think I've almost got it but have some questions about the cloning process.
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posted by nomad73
on Aug 29, 2008 -
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My fantastically unstable IBM T42 (which is on it's 3rd, soon to be 4th, life) died a little while ago, no longer booting into Ubuntu. However, it loves to boot into Windows. How do I nuke both?
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posted by tmcw
on Jul 11, 2008 -
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I'm looking for instructions, guides, or suggestions of something fun to do with my camera or laptop during an upcoming cross-country drive.
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posted by hworth
on Jun 4, 2008 -
8 answers
Trying to install a new optical drive in an old laptop. Windows recognises it, but the BIOS does not!
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posted by edbyford
on Feb 9, 2008 -
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I need a new laptop harddrive. Can I use any that is physically the same size, or must I stick with HP?
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posted by simonash
on Mar 2, 2007 -
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I've got an older notebook, and I was thinking it would be an interesting project to replace its 2.5" hard drive with a solid state flash drive. I'd probably just go with a 4 GB drive, and keep all my data out on the Internet. I was thinking it would extend the battery life, speed up data access, and make the machine a little quieter. Has anybody done this?
posted by fcain
on Jan 5, 2007 -
17 answers
My CD-RW drive will not firmly attach to my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop. If I push it with my thumbs, it will make a connection, but as soon as I remove firm pressure, it loses its connection.
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posted by UKnowForKids
on Aug 10, 2006 -
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Hard drive password: the Samsung laptop my wife uses suddenly started asking for HDD 0 password on bootup. Checking in the bios confirms that a password has been set on the HDD. She swears she didn't do it, and has no idea what happened. What to do?
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posted by stavrosthewonderchicken
on May 20, 2006 -
15 answers
LAPTOP HELP!? I have an alienware laptop, whose warrenty just expired and am now having problems with the removable cd/dvd reader burner.
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posted by nosophoros
on Jan 25, 2006 -
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H2OFilter: Laptop disaster! The cat spilled a vase-full of water on the keyboard of my Dell Latitude C800 laptop. I managed to avoid getting the thing completely drenched, but the machined did shut down immediately, unprompted.
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posted by yellowcandy
on Dec 16, 2005 -
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I just got a new used laptop, and it has a lot of error messages showing up, so I want to completely clean it up before I start using it. Is it better to use the manufacturer's Quick Restore discs (Compaq), or to reformat the HD completely and install an operating system clean?
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posted by ruwan
on May 19, 2005 -
9 answers
