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captain_slinky ([personal profile] captain_slinky) wrote2009-08-04 12:14 pm
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Laptop issues

Any idea how difficult/expensive it would be to replace the screen on a Dell laptop? Even if it's just temporary... need to retrieve some files off the hard drive.
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[identity profile] hallerlake.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Plug it into an external screen and copy files off?

[identity profile] pete23.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
if you need files from the drive, just open it up, extract the disc and shove it into a USB caddy?

or connect an external monitor?

fixing an LCD screen - even temporarily - sounds like the Hard WayTM.

[identity profile] nealbailey.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I would go to a library and hijack a monitor with the permission of the librarian. Or a Best Buy, and promise to buy your next computer there if you can jack in just for visuals for five minutes.

[identity profile] nani-ka.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Talk to freak. He has the equipment you need already to hook the old drive into any computer via IDE/USB....
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