Posted on 04/02/2019 2:49:27 AM PDT by Chickensoup
Dang.
Sorry.
Those are really great for accessing laptop drives and come with some decent software, as well.
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lots of options! ty
too long sometimes.
cornflakes!
You simply need to remove the HD and either use a 2.5 adapter to install it into a PC or use a USB external enclosure (like https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=+external+enclosure+2.5&N=4024%204093&isNodeId=1) to plug it into, and transfer the files to a new laptop.
Unless your OS is on the (rare) Retail channel, versus one that came installed with the unit from the manufacturer, then it is legally “married” to the mobo and cannot legally be transferred another unit.
To find out and to see the the Product key, run in a command prompt (paste cmd in the Run command in Windows [Windows key and r], or use Windows key and x and choose command prompt) and run this: slmgr.vbs /dlv
The best place I have seen for Refurbished units is here under Refurbished https://www.newegg.com/Computer-Systems/Store /ID-66
But may it be used for God and good.
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I’m probably worse than you. I have about 5 laptops laying around my house that have various ailments. I’m going to try a few of these suggestions.
Prayers you find a solution to your problem.
The good news is your data is most likely safe. Look on this not as a disaster but as an opportunity.
First of all it’s an opportunity to upgrade your old hardware to better, faster, safer with more capacity at about the same price you paid way-back-when for that old Acer.
Also buy an exterior HD case. Wait to buy the case until you find out if your Acer drive is SATA or IDE so you get the right connections in the case. Removing the HD from your Acer is easy. . . A less than five minute job. You can recover your files from the external HD drive once you install it there.
PS You can sell the hulk of your old Acer on eBay to offset the price of your new one. You can likely find a high school kid (a friend’s child) to do the change out.
Go to a real computer store and get a hard drive cable that supports lap top drives to a usb cable. Go buy a similar model at a pawn shop for $150. Attach the current hard drive as an external drive and transfer your files to the new computer.
Lenovo builds business rugged computers. Their line of ThinkPad laptops are legendary. I’ve been using their laptop and desktop computers for years. Wouldn’t consider anything else.
I’m typing this reply on a Lenovo P520 ThinkStation.
I took it to Staples and they recommended an HP
About what I would expect from Staples. IMHO, and I’ve been fooling around with computers since 1973, you do not want an HP.
I’ll again highly recommend Lenovo and leave it there.
that is not a laptop?
The Lenovo P520 ThinkStation is a heavy duty engineering workstation I use as my home computer. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop in my truck for travel.
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