pomaj46809 t1_iudi563 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:41 PM

Turn off your computer and unplug it immediately.

Is this your only laptop/computer?

If not, what you want to do is go to best buy and see if they sell a hard drive enclosure for 2.5 inch hard drive.

If not, what you want to do is go to best buy and see if they sell a hard drive enclosure for 2.5 inches hard drive. When you have the drive in the enclosure, plug it into your other computer and find your work, and back it up.

You'll need to google places, call them up and ask if they can work with your particular model Reddit is likely not going to have a one size fits all answer with out knowing more.

setsails t1_iudj7zz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:49 PM

Best Buy support prices are ridiculous. Also if it’s his work computer, and we don’t know where op works, it might not be a good idea to go digging around. Op risks losing the data and we don’t know if its op’s computer that’s being referred to as a work computer or if it’s actual company property. If op can look at the connections on the side it’s possible they can purchase a monitor and connect it externally they’re going for about $110 at Best Buy

I know a lot of laptops have problems when it gets cold. I would suggest holding down the power button for about 10-30 seconds to discharge static build up.

Splask t1_iudw3j8 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Don't ever get your computer worked on at Best Buy. There are a ton of other options.

UNKWNDTH2002 t1_iufolq2 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:35 PM

be mindful to adopt permissions for the contents of the drive (namely \Users\..) in whatever master system you plug it into