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Try calling your computer store provider and if you have a warranty, you can drop the computer in the water if you please and say it was an accident by whoever and ask for a new one.... another kind...... k?
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You spilled pop on your laptop and now the only thing you could get out was your hard drive is there anyway for you to get the files off without getting a new laptop?
Yes. You can get an external hard drive case and put the hard drive in that to convert it to an external USB hard disk.Your laptop would have had a 2.5 inch hard disk. Make sure you find an external hard drive case which accepts laptop-sized 2.5 inch hard disk. Also you must keep in mind what type of interface your hard disk uses. If it is SATA, you will need a case which supports it, as opposed to regular ATA-100 (now being called PATA).Put your laptop's old hard disk into that external hard drive case & bingo, its now an external USB disk that you can plug into any computer! Another answer Alternatively, you can purchase a USB to IDE cable and temporarily connect the drive to a desktop computer to retrieve your files.
What is it called when you make an exact copy of a hard drive to replicate the hard drive on another system?
disk cloning or dist imaging.
How do you replace a laptop hard drive?
you go to best buy and make Geek Squad do it!
How the working of floppy disk drive differ from hard disk drive?
The head(s) in floppy drives make physical contact with the floppy disk surface, while the heads in hard disk drives fly over the hard disk surface on a cushion of air created by the platter rotation speed. All other features of the devices are similar.
How can i reformat my windows vista laptop my disk works but won't get past the windows loading files screen?
If you are trying to install xp, you have format the hard drive prior installation. If you trying to reinstall Vista, check your hard drive for bad sectors. Make sure that the installation CD/DVD is readable (just try to copy all content on your hard drive).
What are the segments on a disk called?
Clusters are the smallest segments within disk sectors.Tracks are concentric circles on the hard drive.Pie-shaped wedges on the hard drive are called sectors.Platters are round, thin plates of metal that make up a hard drive.
Can you play through a hard drive on a Laptop?
Can you be more specific, what is it you want to do? The question does not make sense as it is.
What is the purpose of saving your games to your hard drive?
Saving game to your hard drive can lead to faster load times, and the xbox will make less noise because the disk drive will not be spinning.
Can you Take a hard drive out of your computer and use it in a external drive case?
Yes, but you have to make sure it's the right size hard drive for the right size external case (or caddy). If it's a desktop PCs Hard drive then you will need a 3.5" caddy, if it's a laptop it will most likely be a 2.5" disk. Also there are two different types of connectors on hard drives. If the hard drive has a wide cable (usually gray) attached to it then it is an IDE drive, if it has thin cable (usually red, sometimes blue) then it's a SATA drive.
Can you play DVD-RTAV on your laptop?
Yes you can, just make sure you have a media player on you laptop such as Windows Media Player or VLC Media Player. After that, just put the disk into the disk drive, and it should automatically play. If not, just right click the disk, and choose "Open with..." and select your media player.
How does one make an image of a hard drive?
One can make an image of a hard drive by using a disk imaging utility software like Norton Ghost or Far Stone Total Recovery, these utilities will walk through the imaging process of the disk step by step and this will provide a backup when there is problem.
What 3 disk drives could be used to make a back up copy?
DVD-RW, External Hard-drive, External Floppy-drive
