Dell something something doesn't work. How can I get my data back?

[nickelbabe]

Not sure of the model, but it's a dell.
Running vista sp2 (no internet)
It won't turn on - I get fan, orange power light and nothing else.
I tried changing the button cell battery and reset cmos with info from youtube.
Then I wondered whether the power supply was kaput so I replaced that. It was not the power supply.
I don't know what else to try.
My question is therefore 2-fold.
1: is there anything I can do to save it?
Or
2: which bit are my data stored on and how can I make it so I can use them on my new computer? I know I have 2 harddrives - the C drive with the OS and the F drive mainly used for storage.

Thank you

 

[nickelbabe]

1. that pc is ancient, time for something newer.
2. You seem to have two hard drives bottom left of that pic with the coloured power leads going onto them. They can most likely be removed and read either via a USB to SATA type powered convertor or in another pc.

I know it's ancient - I've had a new computer for 2 years, but haven't been able to get this one to work to get the data.

i was mainly checking to see if it's safe to remove and how to connect, so thank you for that

 

[nickelbabe]

Does it beep when you turn it on? That generation of Dell used too and sometimes you'd have numbers from 1 to 4 that tied into the error stopping it booting

I thought it beeped today, but not the correct beep.
No numbers or anything on the screen

 

[nickelbabe]

It could be memory but easiest option is as above, sata cradle to usb and you put the 2 drives in the bottom left into the cradle and plug it into another machine.

I'll look at sata cradles, thank you

 

[nickelbabe]

Hopefully the drives are not in raid0

I have no idea!
How would I find that out?

 

[nickelbabe]

It's a solid orange.
I'll have a look for a sticker

 

[nickelbabe]

Unlikely considering OP has two partitions C: and F:

Edit: Also look like different models of drive so probably not RAID from factory.

The C drive was only 72gb, so I had a 1tb added, which was F drive.

 

[nickelbabe]

It works!!

I got a sata/usb cable reader thing from ebay, and it arrived today.

Plugged into each drive separately and they both work!

Thank you all for your help