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Solved! retrieving pictures

Solution
The easiest way:
Can you connect an external monitor to it? Then you could copy the files to an external hard drive.

not so easy way:
remove the hard drive of the broken laptop and install it into an external USB case or adapter. Connect it to the other laptop, to backup your data.
The easiest way:
Can you connect an external monitor to it? Then you could copy the files to an external hard drive.

not so easy way:
remove the hard drive of the broken laptop and install it into an external USB case or adapter. Connect it to the other laptop, to backup your data.
 
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