[petro45acp]

Another option for pulling your data off the drives would be to pick up an inexpensive USB external drive enclosure. I’ve recovered a couple of laptop hard drives that way.

Good hunting.

[savedbygrace]

Thanks. I live in a small town, so that option won’t work. No place to buy such an item.

[roamer_1]

Another option for pulling your data off the drives would be to pick up an inexpensive USB external drive enclosure. I’ve recovered a couple of laptop hard drives that way.

I would favor this solution. In the end, it would give you a place to backup your data and get it off the machine- I don't mean just for this event, but as a backup procedure for the future as well. Getting your data off the machine is critical to any backup solution, so you should have one anyway.