Hey folks,
Right, so a friend of mines laptop broke yesterday and we need the data on the harddrive (yea, we should have backed it up, but we didnt). I think the HDD is working (sounds like its spinning up as usual) - but there is no posting on the screen and none of the fans are starting up.
The model is HP DV6000 - and it is about 3 years old, the owner isn't certain about any of the specifics concerning the hardware. It was originally running vista, now it runs xp instead (the install is about 1 year old)
So, i figured that in order to test if the HDD was entirely dead, i could hook it up with my own laptop (about the same age, runs the same operating system ) - instead of its own HDD and just boot it as one would do with any laptop (would also allow me to snatch a copy of the HDD onto my xHDD).
I also have a workstation i could boot it off, but since that has much different (and much more powerful) hardware - i figure that my olderly laptop is a better choice?
Do you guys think that is a good idea? Are there any risks i should be aware of?
If you need any additional information, go ahead and ask - ill provide what i can!
Any other ideas would also be greatly appreciated!
Right, so a friend of mines laptop broke yesterday and we need the data on the harddrive (yea, we should have backed it up, but we didnt). I think the HDD is working (sounds like its spinning up as usual) - but there is no posting on the screen and none of the fans are starting up.
The model is HP DV6000 - and it is about 3 years old, the owner isn't certain about any of the specifics concerning the hardware. It was originally running vista, now it runs xp instead (the install is about 1 year old)
So, i figured that in order to test if the HDD was entirely dead, i could hook it up with my own laptop (about the same age, runs the same operating system ) - instead of its own HDD and just boot it as one would do with any laptop (would also allow me to snatch a copy of the HDD onto my xHDD).
I also have a workstation i could boot it off, but since that has much different (and much more powerful) hardware - i figure that my olderly laptop is a better choice?
Do you guys think that is a good idea? Are there any risks i should be aware of?
If you need any additional information, go ahead and ask - ill provide what i can!
Any other ideas would also be greatly appreciated!
