Transfering file from hard-drive of dead computer

kramaker · 09-23-2009, 05:41 PM

HI,

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop thats about 3 years old. It died on me yesterday. I had been having difficulty for about 3 weeks, most of the time the charger was plugged in the computer would not charge. I was able to keep it alive by the random times the charger would actually work. Yesterday it died for good and no means of twisting or turning the charger does a thing. I took it to Best Buy, where I bought it, and they are telling me it's going to cost $150 to transfer one word document folder from the hard-drive to a disk/cd/memorystick. I have already purchased a new Dell laptop, but need the folder from the dead Toshiba as soon as possible. (I'm currently a law student)

I don't care about the computer, all I need is the one Word folder. My father told me something about a cord or external device that I could use to remove the files from the dead computer to the new one.

Is this my best course of action?

Thanks!

**raptor_pa** · 09-23-2009, 06:32 PM

Yep, a USB adapter to either SATA or 2.5 inch IDE depending which interface the other disk uses...

09-23-2009, 05:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
kramaker Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Vista	Transfering file from hard-drive of dead computer HI, I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop thats about 3 years old. It died on me yesterday. I had been having difficulty for about 3 weeks, most of the time the charger was plugged in the computer would not charge. I was able to keep it alive by the random times the charger would actually work. Yesterday it died for good and no means of twisting or turning the charger does a thing. I took it to Best Buy, where I bought it, and they are telling me it's going to cost $150 to transfer one word document folder from the hard-drive to a disk/cd/memorystick. I have already purchased a new Dell laptop, but need the folder from the dead Toshiba as soon as possible. (I'm currently a law student) I don't care about the computer, all I need is the one Word folder. My father told me something about a cord or external device that I could use to remove the files from the dead computer to the new one. Is this my best course of action? Thanks!

09-23-2009, 06:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,801 OS: XP	Re: Transfering file from hard-drive of dead computer Yep, a USB adapter to either SATA or 2.5 inch IDE depending which interface the other disk uses... __________________