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ProdigalJunkMail

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1. sorry for your loss...sounds like a hell of a way to go out though.

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Sun May 13, 2012, 08:01 PM

May 2012

your best best may be to try to get the harddrive out of there and see if it survived. you can get a very inexpensive SATA to USB external HDD enclosure and try to hook it up to a friend's computer and see if it spins up.

good luck.

something like this should work for you :

http://www.frys.com/product/6906427?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

sP

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Computercide by Champagne [View all] sagesnow May 2012 OP

sorry for your loss...sounds like a hell of a way to go out though. ProdigalJunkMail May 2012 #1

I'll try it sagesnow May 2012 #2

$5 or so and worth it: struggle4progress May 2012 #3

350 will get you a good laptop from Compaq or Acer. To me brand no longer matters CK_John May 2012 #4

Maybe not... oldernwiser May 2012 #7

Thanks... sagesnow May 2012 #5

You can plug the drive into an external USB case. The laptop's probably a loss. HopeHoops May 2012 #6