Firebird wrote:
The old machine (laptop) does boot up but the battery is not holding the charge. It doesn't take much to dislodge jack from the socket. The keyboard isn't working properly either. It's had a blow through but I think some of the keys are worn and it needs a new keyboard. It needs to go in for remedial work *if* possible or the hard drive removing and putting into another machine. I have a second laptop which had a hard drive failure.
Aside of possibly being very careful to place laptop on stable table and not dislodge power cord temporary use of some tape to secure the cord would be helpful. Bad keyboard? Plug in USB keyboard and mouse...added benefit is with external keyboard and mouse is less likely to disturb that delicate power cord.
I'm not all that technically minded.
Find a friend who is. Or a kid ;-) My instructions are detailed and tried and true. If those files are intact on that drive you *will* get your old mail.
Last point. Assuming this is an older laptop. Old laptops were much easier to remove hard drives than these new super-thin "glued together" modern jobbies. My old Dell Latitude D820 it was only *one* screw that held the drive in. Many just a couple of screws for a back access panel. If the drive is old PATA then USB adapters on eBay can be found for about $6!!!!
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