Date: 05/06/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

Is it possible for a computer repair place to get info off of a hard drive (basically everything in the My Documents folder) without the actual computer working? If I brought my hard drive to someone, would they be able to get the info off it it?

My old computer crapped out on me - the guy at the computer repair shop it's at is telling me that it needs a new motherboard, processor, and power supply - none of which I'm willing to pay for since it's a 7 year old computer and I have a spiffy laptop that I've been doting over for the past two years. He says he doesn't know how to get the info off the hard drive without fixing what needs to be done.

I gave him another computer I had and asked him if he could just put the hard drive from Computer A into it, but he said that was impossible. True? False?

I just really want the pictures that I have on that hard drive (of my nephews growing up, etc.) and don't want to pay him $200+ to fix a computer that I was planning on throwing out anyway.

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