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Name: rickhelton
Date: July 27, 2009 at 10:27:42 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Product: Mobility electronics Ac adapter for dell latitude xpi 110-220vac
Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:

Hi, I have a dell inspiron 8000 laptop that will not boot. the cd drive is broken in it also. is there any way to recover the data from this?



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Name: OtheHill
Date: July 27, 2009 at 10:53:49 Pacific
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Removing the hard drive and connecting to another computer will allow data recovery if the hard drive is functional.

Laptops have 2 1/2" hard drives, which have different connections than desktops. You will either need an adapter to connect internally or you can get a USB cable that connects to the drive. That should allow data recovery.


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Name: aegis1
Date: July 27, 2009 at 12:28:21 Pacific
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It's not likely, but 'possible' that the CD drive is causing the laptop to be dead. Try removing the CD drive to see if the laptop will boot.


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