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Old 07-03-2009, 10:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
Shades721
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OS: Windows XP


Re: Need to get files off a laptop with a broken screen

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Originally Posted by johnwill View Post
Well, normally the laptop hard disk is pretty easy to remove, unless it's a Sony.

Why can't you login remotely using the user account name/password that has full access?

Did you consider simply connecting an external monitor to the machine? Almost every laptop on the planet has provisions for an external monitor, and you normally just toggle it using a function key sequence.
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Yes, I realize I can take the hard drive, but I'm trying to exhaust all other avenues first.

I can't login via Windows because it only lets me login as Guest, but it's disabled on the host machine. So I bought this USB double-ended transfer cable, and it allows me to login in under my own username, but for some reason, the password i use everyday isn't working!

Yes, I already tried the external monitor, it doesn't work. I realized that I think it's not a broken screen, I believe that the laptop overheated, and fried the onboard video.
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