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I suspect this is the best overall solution, and is what I would
recommend/do if it were my problem.<br>
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<pre wrap="">After my Gateway laptop's power supply died on me last year (neither battery nor AC adapter would power it up), I got a USB enclosure for the 2.5" internal HDD for about $25 and was then easily able to xfer everything over to my new laptop. Then, when done, I now had a small 60GB portable USB drive that fit nicely in my new laptop bag! Works great for making backups and transfering files...
David - AZTech
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From: "Lisa G." <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lisasjunk@buppas.com"><lisasjunk@buppas.com></a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com">listserv@azgeocaching.com</a>
Sent: 1/9/07, 9:27:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] orygun connie
I think most laptops have a video out where you can attach an external
monitor. This may or may not help you depending on the nature of the
card failure, but it would be worth a shot. A friend of mine recently
bought a 250G external USB drive for just over $100 (make sure the USB
versions match; I know my older laptop has USB 1.0, and a lot of newer
things use USB 2.0). If that's affordable for you and you can get the
laptop to last long enough, you could transfer the data to one of these
yourself, and then you'd have a useful drive when you're done.
Good luck...computer failure sucks. :(
-Lisa
Brian Casteel wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I guess I didn't realize it was a laptop, or I wouldn't have said anything
about on-board video, because integration is the only possibility for a
mobile computer. If that's failing and it is this old, you will spend more
money for repair/replacement of the failed component, which would involve
replacing the entire motherboard to resolve the issue. Buy a new laptop.
But in the meantime, I wouldn't use the laptop at all until you get a new
one, so you can see at least something on the screen when you're trying to
set it up to get your 'stuff' copied from it to the new one. Many new
computers these days offer software that will pull the information for you
and put it back in place just like it was on the older computer, so look
into that when you're shopping. There are other ways, but they would cost a
bit of money, which would involve having someone else pull and transfer the
data for you.
Brian
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