Dropped laptop... Need advice. Vaio pcg91111l

Barah

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Jun 30, 2013
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For reasons beyond my control, my Vaio crashed to the ground from its desk (about 3 foot drop). From what it seems so far, the only damage was done to the screen (can only see right side). The machine powers up and I'm able to open programs (the ones I can see), and was able to save the project I was working on during the accident (on Ableton Live).

My priority right now is to back up all data in case there is hard drive damage. What would be the smartest route to take from here? I dont have a lot of tech experience, so bear with me... Should I remove the hard drive and put it in an external case, and back up the data using another computer? And if I was to do this, how would I open the operating system on the external drive?

Please let me know of any other options, if there are any. All help appreciated!



 

geofelt

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Since you are able to boot and open programs, I think your hard drive is ok.
But, this might be an opportune time to replace the hard drive with a ssd. It will transform your performance.
Intel and Samsung offer free clone programs to do this.
You might buy an external 2.5" usb enclosure.
Put the ssd in the external enclosure and clone(exact image copy) your laptop drive to it. Then later, you can use your laptop drive in that enclosure for backup.
 

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