How do I extract data from a damaged laptop hard drive into another computer?

I am trying to fix my cousin's laptop. She spilled water near it and now it won't turn on. I am attempting to pull the hard drive and hopefully store the data elsewhere. How can I accomplish this? Is there some universal adaptor kit which could power the harddrive and link it up to another laptop via usb?





Please help or recommend any suggestions.





Thank you!How do I extract data from a damaged laptop hard drive into another computer?
Provided that the drive itself isn't damaged, you can use a USB to IDE adapter (see link below), and extract the data from the drive. If the drive is damaged, then you might have to take it to a data recovery service, and they aren't cheap, had first hand experience with that.





http://www.xpcgear.com/idesataadapter.ht鈥?/a>How do I extract data from a damaged laptop hard drive into another computer?
There is such a thing. Best buy carries them. Once you determine the platform... Pata/sata you can go from there. It will either be an external case for the laptop hard drive or....an external docking station. Just throw it in there, plug it into a USB port and the computer should pick it up.





From there just transfer the files from her hard drive onto yours, then burn it onto a cd or whatever you plan to do with it.
there are cases on the market that you can put a hard drive in and turn it into a USB hard drive. try newegg.com
You could try and use a hard drive enclosure that u could buy from any computer store like bestbuy or circuit city. be sure that what you buy would be an enclosure for a notebook hard drive (2.5 inch enclosure). also, since you didnt give the type of hard drive, be sure that what you buy would match your hard drive like ATA-6 type.

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