AWESOME! I'm 55 and I love that I can learn things that I thought was impossible. Pulled the hard drive, now to buy an enclosure. Thanks so much. My Motto "Don't tell me what I can't do."
Man, thanks so much for this video. $125 quoted from the repair shop to transfer data...but it only cost me $10.80 for the part to recover my own files. Seriously a life saver!
This was extremely helpful. I have had an old laptop that hasn't worked for at least 7 years, and I couldn't throw it away because I knew I could save the storage. I never got around to it until today, maybe I would of if i'd known it was this simple. Thank you!
@@ChrisAkSharma4life You don't need the password...password was only used to unlock the screen. Since you are opening your files with a different computer, why do you need the password for???
Amazing, if there is a better word, I could very well use it here, to describe the Benignity of the Presenter. Though the content is for 8 mins, his presentation, his voice tempo, and more so his skill, all are admirably highly commendable. As Shakespeare once said, "I have nothing to say, just, Thank you, Thank you", Thank you.
thank u so much for this information. i got some old pictures on a broken laptop that's been in the closet for a while now and I just kept wondering what the heck I was going to do but you just showed me what to do. U eased my mind and heart, thanks again 😊
Very helpful information! Thankyou so much !! My laptop broke and I had all my sons baby pictures in there 😢 but now with your video I can save them 😊😊😊
Thank you so very much for the lesson on how to recover files from my laptop. I sent away for the box and followed your instructions to the letter. Hey presto it worked. Simple but so effective. Cheers from the UK
Ha ha! When the video started, I saw him open the laptop using his foot and thought he only had one arm. Then I realized he was holding his phone with his other hand, doh! Do you happen to know if this still works in 2023 with the latest operating system, Windows 11? I don't know if plugging in the old hard drive will be recognize by a new laptop with the latest software.
thank you so much. I have a lifetime of photos and home videos to try and save, and your video has given me true hope. Keep up the good work. I could say that you did all the "foot" work for me, but that would be "corn"-y. lol
I just run across your video. I have two hard drives that I have held onto for several years. They both have stuff I need off them, including some school stuff. One hard drive came out of my laptop, it was dropped in the floor. Would not work after that. The other is a external hard drive that has lots of music and backups on it from other computers. I'm thinking that others coming and going from home messed it up. However, I have taken them to be fixed or get my info off only to be told they could not do so. One place informed me there was nothing on the external one, but we both know that once info goes on it is always there somewhere. I think with your help I could build the computer I have always wanted. The hard drive from laptop was a Toshiba, external was My pass port. It was a bigger box type one, came from Best Buy in 2009. Thank you for your time.
i did this with my old hardrive, and i connected it to my new laptop, according to this compuer the hard drive hasnt even been connectd (seems as if it isnt even reading the hardrive...help?
@@zoinksscoobs1800 it's worth mentioning that 3.5" hdds wont work with just a usb connection as they require 12V, which is why 3.5" docks usually come with their own power adapter
Wisdom says "SHARING IS CARING". SHARERS ARE THE MOST HAPPIEST PEOPLE". You SHARED "A very helpful Technique and it is "Simply Amazingly TRUE". in 2017, my Toshiba Laptop crashed and took it to the computer repair he said "it has to be sent to california and costs $300-400 to recover the data and I didn't". I will try your technique as I still have the Toshiba. Thank you so much. - for Your SHARED Knowledge to all of us and more will be benefiting soon. A small thing that I can do for the help received by your technique...I wish you a "Happy, Healthy prosperous life for you, your parents, family and friends alike"". SS//
+Chintan Patel external hard drive adapter if its a laptop very likely is the 2.5 inch if its for a desktop it will be a 3.5 inch or (SATA to USB adapter ) if your hard drive is indeed SATA :)
I'm getting a new computer soon, and the laptop I'm currently using is pretty much gonna kill itself soon anyways. This is really helpful information. Thank you!
I am so glad to have came across this - if you have any tips for recovering info from a damaged micro sd I would appreciate and love to know more. thanks for sharing!!!
This is great info.. I have a non-responsive WinXP PC (laptop) to pull the HD from; I -also- have: an -OLD- iMac OS9., and a PC running only linux.. Question: Can I : Pull the HD's from the old iMac, Linux & PC-Laptop, put them each in ext HD housings and USB them into a working CPU/laptop? (mostly to retrieve old files, and transfer to a TB SSD) > I have a newer iMac, and getting refurb Lenovo PC
Thank you for the video, RandomAZdude. I just checked your channel and did not see any more computer videos, so I cam e back here to see if you or anyone possibly watching this video in 2023 can answer a question about this procedure. This is April of 2023, it looks like this video was from about 10 years ago, and obviously computers and operating systems have changed since this was posted. Does anyone know if this still applies using Windows 11? That I can just buy the hard drive adapter / case, install the old hard drive and plug it into a newer laptop running the latest software?
This is fantastic! Only frustrating part I experienced was trying to hold the case with my toes as I have small feet, a family member (auntie) with bigger feet than me (massive toes) came to my rescue the next day.
Your video is very good except for one observation and that is that it seems to me you opened the harddrive and did this on top of a carpet looking surface which may very well cause static that can damage the drive's data. Anything that can create static or magnetic field can wipe or damage data.
The cheap 2.5" HD boxes are usually for the more modern SATA connected HardDrives. I had bought one and found that my computer (laptop) had an older type of connector. So make sure what kind of connector your HD has, before buying an external box!
A word off advice. If you plan on slamming your laptop, make sure it is using a solid state drive and limit your slamming as to not break that. Mechanical drives to not take getting slammed well.
thanks a lot. i have a dell laptop that is dead and i don't care about the computer itself i just need the data that is on it. this should work me. you probably just saved me 260 some bucks.
Wow thank you for this information I have a computer that does not work but I have a lots of data in it now I know what to do. Thank you for sharing this.
Hi Thanks for your awesome video. However I have done this but when I plugin the HDD on another Pc it doesn't detect it. A third party softsoftware I used detected it and shows that the files are still present in the HDD. Please is there an alternative method to access and recover my files other than from the windows file Explorer?
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you can also upload a video about checking damages to laptop hard drives and how to recover files from them. Specifically, those hard drives that came from computers that have been dropped to the floor or physically damaged in some other way.
Thank u so much! Very informative video and I was able to take my hard drive out from my old computer and install it to my enclosure. Best Buy ppl weren't too helpful.
I've got the same exact thing and I did all that... But it keeps saying that I need to format the disk before I can use it. And I dont want to lose my info by formatting it. Now what ?
Where do you buy this device? Didnt find in best buy, office max, depot. Found one in walmart that says nexstar but doesn't look like what you have in the video and it is 25 bucks
Hi, thanks for your video! It worked perfectly on one of my laptops. I’m trying it on my second on it doesn’t give me the same folder options. The only folder it has says System Reserved (D:) and it shows that there are files but when I try to open it, it says this folder is empty. Any idea how to make it work or does this mean it won’t work? Thanks so much!
Good video, I don't know if you know anything about affiliate marketing but you can make a little money if you place an affiliate link in the description that leads to Amazon where your viewers can purchase the box you used to extract the files. I'm sure after watching your video everyone would like to know where to buy that device.
My laptop is pretty ancient. I ordered the piece you reccomended, followed the tutorial and unfortunately my hard drive doesn’t fit the nexstar. I don’t even know what I am looking for to buy, if I need a different model. Please help!
Heyy thanks so much! My computer fried out of no where with no warning and i totally freaked out. Good to know all projects i was working on can be found and finished!
My computer fell when I was moving furniture and my computer guy says he can't get anything from the hard drive. I took the hard drive out. Will it do me any good to do this? Do you have a video that can help me get my files?
To Brittany, there is no way to really know what viruses you have. I would definitely have a solid antivirus installed in your new computer. A free one I use is Microsoft essentials. Another option is extracting the data from a public computer. It sounds like a irresponsible suggestion but most public libraries have systems that wipe out all data installed after restarting.
Hi, your reply would very much be appreciated. So my laptop recently died on me(about 30 minutes ago); seeing that it is possible to access the files on the old hdd, would it be also possible to run programs(such as photoshop, after effects etc) installed in the old hdd but are not locally installed on the computer which im using to explore the old?
My hard drive seems to have failed - comuter cannot find the operating system - will I still be able to get the data (music, files etc..) off of it using this method? Thanks!
I had a windows laptop and it wont boot saying a message to put in the original windows cd and reinstall the windows or something. Anyway, the laptop is quite old and i dont need it. however it has some important documents stored in it. Can i use this method to recover files from there?
hi i have got the enclosure today and plugged it to another laptop but it appears to not contain my photos etc it contains program foiles etc.... will my photos videos be on the broken laptop? where c drive or d drive im so confused?
thank you so much! I have that same computer and mine fried due to overheating...what? yeah...so thank you. I was afraid I'd lost the info and then afraid i'd have to send it off to get the info off and this was so easy...and cheap! props!
Hey bud nice video, my mother board is out and I want to get the files off the hard drive like you did, but I would also like to extract some deleted files off the old hard drive is that possible? Randy
Aloha🌺I have a Vaio as well. It has a broken screen so I had to buy a new monitor so I could still access all my music (25,000 songs) and other stuff. Now if files are on the computer itself, will a Vaio USB cable help me transfer all that junk on my new laptop?
AWESOME! I'm 55 and I love that I can learn things that I thought was impossible. Pulled the hard drive, now to buy an enclosure. Thanks so much. My Motto "Don't tell me what I can't do."
Man, thanks so much for this video. $125 quoted from the repair shop to transfer data...but it only cost me $10.80 for the part to recover my own files. Seriously a life saver!
Who just saw this, July 2019?! Best method I have seen. Thank you sir!! About to go get me one from Walmart and trying it out
Did it work?
This just saved me $400 to recover 8 laptops worth of files. THANK YOU!!!
This was extremely helpful. I have had an old laptop that hasn't worked for at least 7 years, and I couldn't throw it away because I knew I could save the storage. I never got around to it until today, maybe I would of if i'd known it was this simple. Thank you!
mikeysuburbia did u recovered ur files
I paid Best Buy $300 last time I needed info off of a hard drive!!! Going to try this on my latest dead laptop. Thank you!!! Fingers crossed!
Cassandra M did it worked for u ...please reply
It did! Now I use it as an external drive!!
Cassandra M thank u very much
sir i owe you my life
@@ChrisAkSharma4life You don't need the password...password was only used to unlock the screen. Since you are opening your files with a different computer, why do you need the password for???
Same here
I own your wife??
Much more simply than another video I saw with so many cables..... I have to say the footwork was the most impressive.
Amazing, if there is a better word, I could very well use it here, to describe the Benignity of the Presenter. Though the content is for 8 mins, his presentation, his voice tempo, and more so his skill, all are admirably highly commendable. As Shakespeare once said, "I have nothing to say, just, Thank you, Thank you", Thank you.
thank u so much for this information. i got some old pictures on a broken laptop that's been in the closet for a while now and I just kept wondering what the heck I was going to do but you just showed me what to do. U eased my mind and heart, thanks again 😊
Very helpful information! Thankyou so much !! My laptop broke and I had all my sons baby pictures in there 😢 but now with your video I can save them 😊😊😊
Thanks for doing this. I just ruined my laptop, so I was looking for a way to do this. I ordered something off of Amazon, and this is very helpful.
You're smart. I followed your instruction and simply recovered my laptop's hard drive. No sweat! Thanks for sharing.
Were there any types of files you weren't able to recover??
Thank you so very much for the lesson on how to recover files from my laptop. I sent away for the box and followed your instructions to the letter. Hey presto it worked. Simple but so effective. Cheers from the UK
Hi , can you tell me the exact name of the case I should order?
Does every hard drive fit in it.? Thank you
Simple and straight to the point!! GREAT VIDEO MAN THANKS!
Super helpful video, thanks bro. And props for using your foot at 3:32, had me laughing so hard haha
skistarno2 Haha..I thought I was the only one
I felt for you thinking you had a disability then I said, oh hes holding the camera with his other hand!
He used his foot before that at 0:49 to open the laptop. Ha Ha
Ha ha! When the video started, I saw him open the laptop using his foot and thought he only had one arm. Then I realized he was holding his phone with his other hand, doh!
Do you happen to know if this still works in 2023 with the latest operating system, Windows 11? I don't know if plugging in the old hard drive will be recognize by a new laptop with the latest software.
Is there any way to do this with out the adapter, also the password that was on the laptop I've forgotten would this affect the process in any way?
thank you so much. I have a lifetime of photos and home videos to try and save, and your video has given me true hope. Keep up the good work. I could say that you did all the "foot" work for me, but that would be "corn"-y. lol
I just run across your video. I have two hard drives that I have held onto for several years. They both have stuff I need off them, including some school stuff. One hard drive came out of my laptop, it was dropped in the floor. Would not work after that. The other is a external hard drive that has lots of music and backups on it from other computers. I'm thinking that others coming and going from home messed it up. However, I have taken them to be fixed or get my info off only to be told they could not do so. One place informed me there was nothing on the external one, but we both know that once info goes on it is always there somewhere. I think with your help I could build the computer I have always wanted. The hard drive from laptop was a Toshiba, external was My pass port. It was a bigger box type one, came from Best Buy in 2009. Thank you for your time.
That is great. Dead laptop and need files. You rescued me bro!
Great job. I like how you used your one hand AND your foot at one point !
i did this with my old hardrive, and i connected it to my new laptop, according to this compuer the hard drive hasnt even been connectd (seems as if it isnt even reading the hardrive...help?
Shaun Lawson did you ever get help?
@@zoinksscoobs1800 it's worth mentioning that 3.5" hdds wont work with just a usb connection as they require 12V, which is why 3.5" docks usually come with their own power adapter
Are all hard drive cases the same size ? or do we have to get a specific one for different laptops ?
Dude..... You made Very very good video...You have covered Amazing information...THANKS so much...
Wisdom says "SHARING IS CARING". SHARERS ARE THE MOST HAPPIEST PEOPLE". You SHARED "A very helpful Technique and it is "Simply Amazingly TRUE". in 2017, my Toshiba Laptop crashed and took it to the computer repair he said "it has to be sent to california and costs $300-400 to recover the data and I didn't". I will try your technique as I still have the Toshiba. Thank you so much. - for Your SHARED Knowledge to all of us and more will be benefiting soon. A small thing that I can do for the help received by your technique...I wish you a "Happy, Healthy prosperous life for you, your parents, family and friends alike"". SS//
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. can you tell me what do you actually called the box you used?
+Chintan Patel external hard drive adapter if its a laptop very likely is the 2.5 inch if its for a desktop it will be a 3.5 inch or (SATA to USB adapter ) if your hard drive is indeed SATA :)
+RandomAZdude Thank you very much for the information
Love the little reverse twist to find the thread.
Thank you brother!! You saved me a lot of stress.
I'm getting a new computer soon, and the laptop I'm currently using is pretty much gonna kill itself soon anyways. This is really helpful information. Thank you!
I am so glad to have came across this - if you have any tips for recovering info from a damaged micro sd I would appreciate and love to know more. thanks for sharing!!!
This really worked and I am very grateful. Thanks once again, God bless you guy.
Yo dis guy savage he uses his foot to take that out😂 3:33
The real thug life
Does the operating system matter at all?
Like the harddrive from my old laptop has windows 8 and my new one has windows 10
The user is not showing on my hard drive
This is great info..
I have a non-responsive WinXP PC (laptop) to pull the HD from;
I -also- have: an -OLD- iMac OS9., and a PC running only linux..
Question:
Can I : Pull the HD's from the old iMac, Linux & PC-Laptop, put them each in ext HD housings and USB them into a working CPU/laptop?
(mostly to retrieve old files, and transfer to a TB SSD)
> I have a newer iMac, and getting refurb Lenovo PC
Thanks i feel bad ive thrown away two or three? Will all the HD boxs come with that adapter..
Thank you for the video, RandomAZdude. I just checked your channel and did not see any more computer videos, so I cam e back here to see if you or anyone possibly watching this video in 2023 can answer a question about this procedure.
This is April of 2023, it looks like this video was from about 10 years ago, and obviously computers and operating systems have changed since this was posted. Does anyone know if this still applies using Windows 11? That I can just buy the hard drive adapter / case, install the old hard drive and plug it into a newer laptop running the latest software?
what about all the disk partitions exisitng in the old hdd?
I've same query!! Also I've Windows installed on it
Some component screws or any magnetic so you cannot use a screwdriver to put them in for the magnetize had use wax
This is fantastic! Only frustrating part I experienced was trying to hold the case with my toes as I have small feet, a family member (auntie) with bigger feet than me (massive toes) came to my rescue the next day.
Great video! just what I was looking for. I have ordered the hard drive enclosure and will let you know the outcome.
Thanks for the video. My laptop had a crash and I made the mistakes of reseting it and reinstalling Windows 10. Can I find my data in this way?
thanks bro....u saved my uni semester
Your video is very good except for one observation and that is that it seems to me you opened the harddrive and did this on top of a carpet looking surface which may very well cause static that can damage the drive's data. Anything that can create static or magnetic field can wipe or damage data.
Also , when using using the the separated hard drive to view files, would it ask me for my password if every time I use it ?
The cheap 2.5" HD boxes are usually for the more modern SATA connected HardDrives. I had bought one and found that my computer (laptop) had an older type of connector. So make sure what kind of connector your HD has, before buying an external box!
How do you know what size hard drive box you need?
@@voiceofreason4907 I think the only common sizes are 2½ inch and 3½ inch. For laptops it is the smaller size.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge. What would the interface look like if the dead laptop has a password? Would you get a prompt to enter the password?
can you please put the website where you bought the box and the cables
A word off advice. If you plan on slamming your laptop, make sure it is using a solid state drive and limit your slamming as to not break that. Mechanical drives to not take getting slammed well.
thank you for this, i have an old hard drive in a broken laptop i haven wanted game recordings off for years! and now i can finally do it!
Where did you get yours from. Best buy is out of sabrent drive enclosure external for 21.99 in Illinois
thanks a lot. i have a dell laptop that is dead and i don't care about the computer itself i just need the data that is on it. this should work me. you probably just saved me 260 some bucks.
Is it possible to plug the adapter up to the computer or is taking out the hard drive the only way to use it?
Do you any videos on how to unlocked a windows 7??
What number of Philips screwdriver is that?
Is there a name for that $ 8.00 box you bought ?
hey RandomAZdude! your intro is amazing and a great message! Love it! Knowledge is Power. Thank you and I apreciat you making this video.
Hi...what if u have more partitions on ur hard drive..how to open other partitions on the other laptop?
Hi I have a problem with DVR for my cctv on screen comes No Disk Space
Wow thank you for this information I have a computer that does not work but I have a lots of data in it now I know what to do. Thank you for sharing this.
Is that case anti-magnetic?
Hi Thanks for your awesome video. However I have done this but when I plugin the HDD on another Pc it doesn't detect it. A third party softsoftware I used detected it and shows that the files are still present in the HDD. Please is there an alternative method to access and recover my files other than from the windows file Explorer?
hi
i want to know can you transfer files from a laptop to a desk top from the laptop hard drive?
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you can also upload a video about checking damages to laptop hard drives and how to recover files from them. Specifically, those hard drives that came from computers that have been dropped to the floor or physically damaged in some other way.
Thank u so much! Very informative video and I was able to take my hard drive out from my old computer and install it to my enclosure. Best Buy ppl weren't too helpful.
For those of you who are not "in the know", it's called, "Docking Station". Good video! Thanks!
No it's not. Google hdd docking station.
Lazaro Peña That’s what I said. It’s a docking station. So it’s in HDD or whatever, it’s still a docking station.
Enclosure!
I've got the same exact thing and I did all that... But it keeps saying that I need to format the disk before I can use it. And I dont want to lose my info by formatting it. Now what ?
Gimme a link to that enclosure for the drive
I have two older hard drives from Windows computers. Is it possible to clean them completely using one of my Macbooks?
Thanks so very much for so helpful info and then explaining it clearly Bro.
Where do you buy this device? Didnt find in best buy, office max, depot. Found one in walmart that says nexstar but doesn't look like what you have in the video and it is 25 bucks
Hi, thanks for your video! It worked perfectly on one of my laptops. I’m trying it on my second on it doesn’t give me the same folder options. The only folder it has says System Reserved (D:) and it shows that there are files but when I try to open it, it says this folder is empty. Any idea how to make it work or does this mean it won’t work? Thanks so much!
what is the name of this adaptor ? how to order this adaptor ?
I can not find this anywhere, all sold out. there are SATA to USB 3. will that work?
What about static issues while doing this on carpet?
Good video, I don't know if you know anything about affiliate marketing but you can make a little money if you place an affiliate link in the description that leads to Amazon where your viewers can purchase the box you used to extract the files. I'm sure after watching your video everyone would like to know where to buy that device.
Does this work for partitioned hard drives?
Can you plug the NexStar TX into a new laptop just as well as a desktop PC?
My laptop is pretty ancient. I ordered the piece you reccomended, followed the tutorial and unfortunately my hard drive doesn’t fit the nexstar. I don’t even know what I am looking for to buy, if I need a different model. Please help!
Thanks man, really helpful. wish all video's got straight to the point with useful info.
Heyy thanks so much! My computer fried out of no where with no warning and i totally freaked out. Good to know all projects i was working on can be found and finished!
Can you use this method to transfer files to a IMac ?
Hi, Do you know if there's a way to transfers this into a macbook?
my laptop hard disk has a small plastic sheet attached to the motherboard. what should I do ?
so glad to come across this all of my sons baby pictures are on my old laptop fingers crossed I can pull this off!
Crash Test Mommy, did it work? Same issue here with my daughters Vaio.
That was excellent. Great video! It worked perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to post it.
will this work if I connect it to another laptop instead of a tower? please answer asap. Thank you
Certain sizes? my old acer laptop broke. where can i find them
Thank you for this video. I was able to save files from a laptop that was ready to crash.
My computer fell when I was moving furniture and my computer guy says he can't get anything from the hard drive. I took the hard drive out. Will it do me any good to do this? Do you have a video that can help me get my files?
To Brittany, there is no way to really know what viruses you have. I would definitely have a solid antivirus installed in your new computer. A free one I use is Microsoft essentials. Another option is extracting the data from a public computer. It sounds like a irresponsible suggestion but most public libraries have systems that wipe out all data installed after restarting.
Hi RandomAZdude I was wondering if this would work for multiple laptops. I'm having trouble wiping some laptops to sell on eBay for scrap.
absolutely.
+logan8190 certainly
Hi, your reply would very much be appreciated. So my laptop recently died on me(about 30 minutes ago); seeing that it is possible to access the files on the old hdd, would it be also possible to run programs(such as photoshop, after effects etc) installed in the old hdd but are not locally installed on the computer which im using to explore the old?
My hard drive seems to have failed - comuter cannot find the operating system - will I still be able to get the data (music, files etc..) off of it using this method? Thanks!
Thanks a lot for the details- step by step. Running out to go find one now.
I had a windows laptop and it wont boot saying a message to put in the original windows cd and reinstall the windows or something. Anyway, the laptop is quite old and i dont need it. however it has some important documents stored in it.
Can i use this method to recover files from there?
hi i have got the enclosure today and plugged it to another laptop but it appears to not contain my photos etc it contains program foiles etc.... will my photos videos be on the broken laptop? where c drive or d drive im so confused?
thank you so much! I have that same computer and mine fried due to overheating...what? yeah...so thank you. I was afraid I'd lost the info and then afraid i'd have to send it off to get the info off and this was so easy...and cheap! props!
Hey bud nice video, my mother board is out and I want to get the files off the hard drive like you did, but I would also like to extract some deleted files off the old hard drive is that possible? Randy
Bro you save my life thank you so much for showing us. 🙏 you made me so happy.
Aloha🌺I have a Vaio as well. It has a broken screen so I had to buy a new monitor so I could still access all my music (25,000 songs) and other stuff. Now if files are on the computer itself, will a Vaio USB cable help me transfer all that junk on my new laptop?
Does this work on netbooks? How to destroy my data.