Probably a simple IT question

[HoleInTheRoof]

Would appreciate any feedback.

Basically I have two old laptops.

Dell Latitude D430 (no power cord, hasn't been powered on in a couple years. blue screen of death when it was last powered on)

HP Pavillion dv20000 (works but a pos basically)


I'm wanting to get a newused laptop but I have a ton of pics of my kids that I'd like to transfer to the new to me laptop when I finally get it.

For the HP, I know I could do a thumb drive or something like that, although that would be tedious. Is there any way to get them off the Dell without power on it?

 

[BigZiti09]

Magic?

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Okay so I appreciate almost any feedback.

 

[DrRosenRosen]

For the HP, I know I could do a thumb drive or something like that, although that would be tedious. Is there any way to get them off the Dell without power on it?

Without power? You'd have to remove the hard drive and hook it up to another machine.

If you can power it on, you should just backup your pics online to Google, Dropbox, OneLive, etc. Never have to worry about them again.

Putting the hard drive into another machine and copying the contents over isn't difficult if you know what you're doing and have an available machine. But, if you aren't computer savy and it sounds way over your head, try and find a friend to help out.

 

[MG1968]

remove the old hard drive, according to the internet it's a PATA with an SATA adapter, install it into a known, working computer. As long as the hard drive itself isn't trashed, you should be able to easily navigate it to get to your photos.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Thanks for the info. I've actually got the dell hard drive already removed. I'll look to order the PATA to SATA adapter now.

And DrRosenRosen... going to also look into uploading my pics to one of the websites you mentioned as well. Probably not google, though. Liberal hacks.

 

[Zues1]

Same thing happened to me a few years ago. We never d recovered the pictures.

Ahh, the good old days when we stored the pictures in a shoe box.

Now we have the cloud.

 

[BigZiti09]

Okay so I appreciate almost any feedback.

Lol.

 

[superdave1984]

Get a USB adapter for the old drive and connect it that way.

 

[DrRosenRosen]

Thanks for the info. I've actually got the dell hard drive already removed. I'll look to order the PATA to SATA adapter now.

And DrRosenRosen... going to also look into uploading my pics to one of the websites you mentioned as well. Probably not google, though. Liberal hacks.

You probably don't want to hear this, but Google has the best photo setup right now, especially if you ever share photos with others. Cool example is setting it to share photos of your kids with your wife. Any time you take a pic of your kids, Google will recognize their faces and give your wife access.

 

[ButchPlz]

You probably don't want to hear this, but Google has the best photo setup right now, especially if you ever share photos with others. Cool example is setting it to share photos of your kids with your wife. Any time you take a pic of your kids, Google will recognize their faces and give your wife access.

Useful, but creepy.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

I would yank the hard drives from both and access them with your new computer and an adapter cable. If you’re a Prime member they also have free unlimited photo backup and 10Gb of video backup. They have an app you install on your computer and it’ll scan your folders and upload the photos.

 

[Coug]

Would appreciate any feedback.

Basically I have two old laptops.

Dell Latitude D430 (no power cord, hasn't been powered on in a couple years. blue screen of death when it was last powered on)

HP Pavillion dv20000 (works but a pos basically)


I'm wanting to get a newused laptop but I have a ton of pics of my kids that I'd like to transfer to the new to me laptop when I finally get it.

For the HP, I know I could do a thumb drive or something like that, although that would be tedious. Is there any way to get them off the Dell without power on it?

As previously mentioned just turn the laptops over and pop out the drives. Most laptops have an easy access panel for the HD.

You just need a hardrive to usb adaptor:
Amazon.com: Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Adapter Cable for 2.5" SSD/HDD Drives - SATA to USB 3.0 External Converter and Cable(UA1002): Computers & Accessories

You may or may not need an externally powered one depending on the old drives:
Amazon.com: USB 3.0 Hard Drive to USB Converter, FIDECO IDE SATA to USB 3.0 SATA to IDE Adapter All-in-One IDE SATA to USB External Cable for 2.5/3.5 inch IDE/SATA HDD SDD, 5.25 inch CD/DVD ROM and More: Computers & Accessories