I continue to find USB HDD cases to be very nice to get this done. I put the laptop HDD into a drive case and fish out the files. Figure under 30 for a nice case.
What I wonder about is the model number and was the place it set down soft as in would the vents get blocked.
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I have an HP laptop with Windows 8 and something has gone wrong with the screen. It was doing an update so I set it down to let it finish and when I came back there is nothing but a bunch of lines and static. So bad so that you can't do anything on it the main start up screen where it has HP just before it comes on doesn't have the static but the screen was once blue now it is red. Any ideas as to what could be wrong? If it isn't a responsibly priced repair and I would need a new laptop...is there anyway to get all my "stuff" (pictures, music, etc. ) off this one? Thanks for any help or advice

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