Access files from a broken computer's hard drive

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themorgan Posts 67 Registration date Tuesday 8 August 2017 Status Member Last seen 8 September 2017 - 9 Aug 2017 à 00:25
nathanwirth Posts 324 Registration date Thursday 22 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 27 September 2022 - 11 Aug 2017 à 04:56
First of all, I want to say "hi!" How are you all?
I have an old laptop with a battery issue and it has stopped working now. I am wondering whether I can still use the old hard drive from it as there are some important files that I have stored there.
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
9 Aug 2017 à 12:57
You should be able to use a USB adapter cable to access the drive. It it's a full sized desk top drive then you will need an adapter kit that includes a power supply.

Good Luck
nathanwirth Posts 324 Registration date Thursday 22 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 27 September 2022 29
11 Aug 2017 à 04:56
Hi,

If your hard drive is detected by another laptop then you can easily recover deleted files from that drive. However, if the drive is not been recognized then it is not that easy to recover your data, in such case you need to take help from the data recovery service centre. Alternatively, if the drive is recognizable then you can download the Stellar Phoenix Windows data recovery software for recovering your data from that laptop hard drive.