Preserving data from damaged laptops

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london777

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I have two laptops which are beyond economic repair. I would like to transfer data from their hard-disks to my present laptop, if possible.

Can anyone recommend a firm which can do this? Preferably in Puerto Plata, though anywhere on the North Coast if necessary.

Many thanks.
 
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DennyDee88

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If you know how to open the laptops you can remove the hard drives and buy an enclosure and use the hard drives as external devices. There is a computer store behind Baileys that sells enclosures. There are fairly inexpensive and it allows you to have extra storage devices.

Hope that helps.
 
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london777

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belgiank said:
take them to Marco at Rocky's in Sosua. He will do a superb job.

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DennyDee88 said:
If you know how to open the laptops you can remove the hard drives and buy an enclosure and use the hard drives as external devices. There is a computer store behind Baileys that sells enclosures. There are fairly inexpensive and it allows you to have extra storage devices.

Hope that helps.
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Thank you, gentlemen, for your suggestions.

A local guy who has been helpful with previous problems told me the HD was damaged and he cannot retrieve the data. I was looking for someone to confirm that diagnosis, or otherwise. I will make the effort to get to Sosua and see if Marco can have a look at it for me.
 
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Givadogahome

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I did this a few years ago but had issues as I couldn't remember passwords, as like you they were old I just wanted some data from it. It cost me about ?40 in the end and got the data after a few days.
 
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DennyDee88

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There are some data recovery software programs that you can download online. However, you will nee to be able to mount the hard drive on another machine to try and recover the data. As that I am a mac user, I am not sure what programs you can get for a PC but, I know they are out there because this is a very common problem.
 
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PeterInBrat

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You might want to try to get a SATA memory enclosure. You move the memory card from the computer into the case and then it acts as an external hard drive. It's not hard at all to do and only takes about ten minutes. You only need a fine Phillips head screw-driver and many enclosure kits have one included. You can then transfer files with the USB cord. Once you have your computer issues resolved you will have a 1/2 terabyte external hard-drive.

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2.5" USB 2.0 External SATA HDD Enclosure (Red/Black) - 2530A
 
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Birdman

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If you live near Luperon I can try it. I have ide and edge boxes for my old laptop hard drives that I am using. I fix peoples computer problems round here.
 
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