How do I get the files off of a Dell laptop I ruined by spilling coffee on it?
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For future reference, as soon as any computer device gets wet - REMOVE POWER and BATTERY ! \n If you have manual, remove battery and harddrive. There is a 40 pin IDE ( with 5V, GG, 12V adapter) to 44 pin laptop adapter available at most computer stores. This allows you to jumper your laptop drive as a SLAVE on a working computer ( Desktop), and just transfere the files. This assumes that the Desktop is newer and using the same or newer version of Operating System ( OS), ie win98, win2000, winME, winXP, etc.\n Leaving the battery in a wet machine allows the voltages to continually cook the chips. If you have the time, you can go online and look for technical diagrams on the laptop, and start taking it apart, carefully. If you clean the areas that were shorted with coffee, dry, and re-assemble, you have a "chance" that you can repair the thing... Most people do not have the tools or the patience to do this, but it is entirely possible to do.\n Putting the laptop drive in another laptop is a bad way to try to get files copied, since the new laptop will boot on the old hardware system files, and be very mixed up- the modem, the ethernet, the CD, and even the display with probably not work properly.... so what do you copy the files to???\n Since you now have nothing and nothing, putting the drive in a working desktop, using the adapter ( usuually a green circuitboard with two connectors on the ends ), is the best bet.\n Then work on getting the old laptop going. Take it apart slowly, and stick all screws to a piece of paper, numbering them, and putting little masking tape numbers where they go.\n good luck.
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Right Click on that file and pick DELETE.  \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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Go to your recycle bin on desk top and click the file that was trashed then click on options that pop up
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Yes, if you have advanced data recovery tools. Search Google.
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why dont u go to the programs one by one left click them and then delete them and afterwards u can go to recycle bin and delete everything in there too then no one will ever come to get information ever stored by u on the laptop
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Use an undelete programs like Restoration and PC Inspector File Recovery
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http://www.diskcleaner.nl/
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Go to c:&#92;windows&#92;history and delete all files there & you will get out of the trouble\nhehehe\n\nyou are most welcome\nblak hawkk
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STOP!!!!! Don't do anything else on that computer.\n\nFirst you need to decide if there is information on that computer you want to save? If no then go ahead and put the CD that came with your Dell in and it will walk you through setting up your computer again.\n\nIf you do want to save the information on your computer then anything else you do on that computer right now could permanently erase your data. You're lucky because in this case deleting doesn't necessarily mean your data is gone.\n\nSince it's a dell, I recommend you call them and tell them your harddrive crashed. They will send you a new harddrive as part of your support aggreement with them. If you don't have an agreement, I'll describe that below.\n\nWhen the new drive comes, Dell will ask you to send back the old one. Before you do this, install the new one using the instructions they give you and then install the windows software using the CDs that came with your computer. \n\nGood so far, I hope so. Now you need to go on the internet and buy a file restoring program. I've used the one from www.recovermyfiles.com but there are a lot of them out there. Install that software. A lot of those programs let you download a trial version. The trial version will first tell you if it can help you, and then if you want to use it you have to buy it.\n\nOkay, now for the first hard part. You need to hook your old harddrive up to your computer as a second harddrive or a slave. There are a lot of resources on the web that will give you step by step instructions on how to do this. Hopefully your hardware isn't too old, because that can complicate things sometimes.\n\nNow you ready. Start up your computer, it should find the second harddrive. If it asks you if it can format that drive tell it no. Start up the file recovery program and tell it to scan that drive. Depending on how bit the drive is it may take many hours. After the scan it will tell you what it can recover. Recover whatever is important to you, and then send the old drive back to Dell. If you don't have a dell support contract go to the store and buy a new harddrive. Now you have two.\n\nThere are a lot of different ways to do this, but this will give you an overview. Depending on how savvy you are you can search around for free ways to do this but they require a lot of work. \n\nGood luck.\nbrian
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There is a software that aids you in doing so .... you need to search for the same depending on your OS. Else you need to consuly a Data Recovery Specialist.\nSearch for File recovery Software\n\nCheck this site out...\nhttp://www.digitalfilerecovery.com/?gclid=CMvDoM6ThIUCFQ94SAodDTo15g
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Just take out the floppy drive. Its your best bet!
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try data recovery software\nsearch in google u will get a lot site\ni'm giving u a link to a page , click here:\nhttp://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=data%20recovery%20software&tag=srch
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WipeDrive\nCompletely eliminate\nhard drive data\nhttp://www.whitecanyon.com/wipe-your-hard-drive-help.php\nDESTROYING COMPUTER DATA\nhttp://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/
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Use Pc Inspector File Recovery
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check out this site www.webroot.com it will take all your computer history tracks off your system.
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You can use softwares like PC Inspector File Recovery for this purpose!
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look for the file and delete it.... Unless your backup is on a CD.. then destroy the medium...