Thursday, September 10, 2026
#470784 I have used an old laptop for years for all the model
Posted by
Josh Shy on
Thursday Sep 03, 2026 at
12:20PMpictures myself or dad has taken over the years. I have said for a few years now that I need to back up these with a memory stick or something but I am a procrastinator! So it finally happened, I lost access to everything on that computer and it was badly damaged. I took it to the Geek Squad but they said because of the age of the computer there was little they could do (except charge me $100) to retrieve any info from the laptop. Dad used this same computer for years, it was made in 2009, an antique in computer talk. I have taken it to someone else who tells me they may be able to help, we will see. So I got a new Lenovo laptop and it does not like this site. I had to change some parameters to get it to let me have access because it says it is an unsecure site. I am still here, just hard to be a contributor at this point.

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#470804 a coupla thoughts by
tuesday poster on
Friday Sep 04, 2026 at 07:48AM - If the hard drive is not damaged, it should be possible - even relatively simple - to extract the dr
#470849 Very smart :) by
Josh Shy on
Sunday Sep 06, 2026 at 10:34AM
#470788 take it to reputable repair shop ... by
ren on
Thursday Sep 03, 2026 at 03:12PM - even if the computer dies, chances are the files on the hard drive are still there ... hopefully you
#470786 I feel your pain............... by
Frank Lemire on
Thursday Sep 03, 2026 at 01:51PM - I've had the same thing happen over the years. I kept an old laptop running for years because it had
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