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How to read files from a crashed laptop?

Make backups to be safe rather than sorry!

Oct. 16, 2018 -

Yesterday a young woman brought me her laptop, it didn't start anymore and it only showed an error message. It turned out to be a broken harddisk. It startled her when I told her that all data on the disk was lost. She told me it contained precious photos of her pregnancy and young child. What could I do?

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A lease on life: the faulty harddisk connected to my laptop
A lease on life: the faulty harddisk connected to my laptop
Returning the precious photos on an USB-drive
Returning the precious photos on an USB-drive
The broken laptop containing precious photos
The broken laptop containing precious photos
Opening the laptop to remove the disk
Opening the laptop to remove the disk
Defective harddisk
Defective harddisk
Connect any harddisk to a computer using the chip and cables from a USB-harddisk enclosure
Connect any harddisk to a computer using the chip and cables from a USB-harddisk enclosure

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