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    Hard drives on the HP Pavilion dv9000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Daruki, Jun 4, 2010.

  1. Daruki

    Daruki Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an HP pavilion dv9000 series notebook, which has 2 x 160gb hard drives. It recently died, and as I'm going to get a new computer, I won't be fixing it. However, there are important files on the hard drive. Are there any ways(aside from paying a technician) to recovering the data?

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    If the computer died, that means the motherboard failed. But the hardrives should be perfectly intact. All you would need to do is to buy a USB harddrive enclosure, insert the drive(s) in that, and plug it into your new computer to access them.
     
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    Sweet, thanks!
     
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    You're welcome. Best wishes. :)
     
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