Laptop Hard Drive

[ThiagoWinters]

Hello boys and girls!

 

From Dec 2013 to Feb 2015, I owned a laptop and it had lots of cool stuff in it! (I was 10 years old when it broke and 9 when I got my laptop) In Feb 2015, my mother threw my laptop on the ground (once), breaking its screen completely. I would like to know: 

 

How do I get ALL the HardDrive files? (I still have the laptop, so I will try to remove the laptop's hard drive). But I would love to know if there's a way to get ALL the files back (Literally ALL Folders, created ones, Windows folder, Video, Pictures, %appdata%, Desktop, literally everything) Is there a way? What is the best way? what should I do?

 

Thank you so much for your help

 

Written with love by Thiago

[Soppro]

Well assuming that the hard drive is fine (which, by the way your laptop was handled, is a questionable assumption), you can literally just connect it up to your PC and collect your files.

[ThiagoWinters]

2 minutes ago, Soppro said:

Well assuming that the hard drive is fine (which, by the way your laptop was handled, is a questionable assumption), you can literally just connect it up to your PC and collect your files.

My PC also broke, I am currently using my mother's laptop. How can I connect it? 

[Soppro]

Just now, ThiagoWinters said:

My PC also broke, I have a Laptop. How can I connect it? 

Ooh, then you'll need a SATA to USB cable if you wanna attach it to your laptop. 

[ThiagoWinters]

1 minute ago, Soppro said:

Ooh, then you'll need a SATA to USB cable if you wanna attach it to your laptop. 

Alright, thank you so much. I will either do that or will wait until I buy another PC to connect.

 

Last question of all: When I do that, how will I be able to get the files since I'll have 2 Hard Drives on either laptop and PC? (Laptop Hard Drive + Old Laptop Hard Drive) or (PC Hard Drive + Old Laptop Hard Drive), will the files be missing? How's the PC's Desktop is going to behave? How am I going to be able to get my files? Thanks thanks

[Soppro]

45 minutes ago, ThiagoWinters said:

Alright, thank you so much. I will either do that or will wait until I buy another PC to connect.

 

Last question of all: When I do that, how will I be able to get the files since I'll have 2 Hard Drives on either laptop and PC? (Laptop Hard Drive + Old Laptop Hard Drive) or (PC Hard Drive + Old Laptop Hard Drive), will the files be missing? How's the PC's Desktop is going to behave? How am I going to be able to get my files? Thanks thanks

It should be visible in File Explorer, so it'll just be another drive you can access. Your computer will be fine either way and your files should still be on the drive. 

 

It's possible that when you boot up your laptop/PC, it'll try to boot from the external drive, so I'll suggest you plug it in after you've gotten into Windows.