My computer crashed because of the power supply (i think). Is there anyway I can get my info from my computer without buying the part?
I thought about hacking into it......is that possible? is that a good idea???
2007-10-19 16:27:56 · 10 answers · asked by Reka Baby 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Yes...It is not hard if the drive was not damaged. Remove the hard drive. Insert into an external drive box...(they are cheap. less than $50) and connect it to a new computer via USB port. Read the drive like you would a Data CD. Go in to "my computer" you should see the external drive and double click on it.
2007-10-19 16:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by impstout2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the problem is with the power supply, then the hard drive should be find. Open the computer and take the drive out of it. Then put in into another computer as a second hard drive.
Boot the second computer and you will be able to see the drive and copy your files off of it.
2007-10-19 16:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take your hard drive out and put it into another computer as a slave drive. (check the jumpers, you will see a guide on the back of the drive)
Log into the 'other' computer and you should be able to access it from My Computer assuming your using Windows.
If the power supply is fried how would you possibly "hack" into it? Your computer would have no power.
2007-10-19 16:31:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Install the hard-drive into another computer as a second slave drive and use explore to find the info and save it. Or purchase a usb external hard-drive enclosure ( either parallel or serial) and install the crashed computer hard-drive inside and connect it to the usb port of another computer and use explore to save the desired information. If the crashed computers hard-drive is dead you can send the hard-drive into recovery companies and they will copy what you need.
2007-10-19 16:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by randy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Linux Live CD - any distro will work; I prefer the Suse version. Boot to a CD and you can read your hard drive. If you have another computer, you should be able to save most or all of your data off to it either by using a network or by using a USB flash drive.
2007-10-19 16:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by BillH 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of course. The form of situations the laptop has crashed won't impression the archives stored on the difficultpersistent. no longer till the laptop crashed or lost potential as a definite document became being written to the disk, wherein case, purely that distinctive document may well be broken.
2016-10-13 06:11:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to Best Buy, Geek Squad is there or Comp USA and they can retrieve data an store it on a disk or external hard drive.
2007-10-19 16:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anji 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It matter how old the machine is but if its a few years old buy a used computer for 25 to fifty bucks and just swap the hard drives.easy!!!!!
2007-10-19 16:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can plug you hd into another computer and if the power supply did not get the hd you can get all your info
2007-10-19 16:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by furmanator1957 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
kick it and buy a new one lol
2007-10-19 16:30:17 · answer #10 · answered by David T 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋