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hp laptop hd files recover

Jun 20, 2013 1:02AM PDT

Hello guys,
my hp g6 1020ss's fan stoped working and now I don't know how to recover my info in the hdd. If I try to turn it on it gives a message that a fan wasn't detected and it shots down; I called HP support and they replace my fan but format my hdd and so I need to recover the files my own way. Could you help me out? I kow with PCs' hdd i can connect them externally and access to the files from another pc or laptop, but I have no idea how to get to my laptop's hdd to access and copy the files somewhere else Sad
I would really appreciate any help you can give me!

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Jun 20, 2013 1:19AM PDT
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thanks
Jun 21, 2013 3:30AM PDT

thank you, it was helpful to remove the hdd!

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Look for the service manual
Jun 20, 2013 1:24AM PDT

And how to get the HDD out. Since I get a call on this a lot I own a cable to hook up all sorts of drives. Here's the one I own -> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020

There are many like that so with this I attach the HDD then plug the USB port into my good PC to copy out the files.
Bob

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thanks
Jun 21, 2013 3:33AM PDT

i got a similar cable and i could access to my hdd, thanks so much Happy