Solved! Laptop LCD and HDD failure

andelin09

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My laptop's LCD has been broken for about a month and I've solved it by using an external monitor, the problem is my laptop won't post on the external monitor until it boots into an OS. A few days ago, my hard disk failed, I have my Windows DVD, but no backup, how can I solve my problem? I have an ASUS G71x and can provide more information if asked.
 
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Have you tried hooking up your laptop HDD with another system yet?
It might be something other than a complete HDD failure.
Attaching the laptop HDD as the 2nd HDD in another system might let you get access to the files you need to back up.
Have you tried hooking up your laptop HDD with another system yet?
It might be something other than a complete HDD failure.
Attaching the laptop HDD as the 2nd HDD in another system might let you get access to the files you need to back up.
 
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