what are my chances of...

[Pandora`]

so...last year, my laptop got the blue screen and it died.  i haven't touched it since and its been more than a year.  on top of that, i can't find the battery charger.

i want to take it to bestbuy to see if they can recover my pictures...las t time i asked, it would cost me around $50 for them to try and $100 if they can retrieve anything.

what do you think my chances of them retrieving my photos/videos?  is there a cut-off date for these sort of things?

[yajmafia]

They can probably do it.. but its Best Buy.  They charge a lot.

[Pandora`]

They can probably do it.. but its Best Buy.  They charge a lot.

thanks.

i know they can get pricey...but i don't know where/who else to go to.  there are pictures of my daughter from when she was born...so i'm fine w/ paying. 

[paulrok]

Remove the HD and connect it to another machine as secondary or external. Download GetDataBack Data Recovery at download.com.. Install the software, run and transfer the pics. If this method doesnt't work.. Try booting up a Linux Live CD and transfer the pics in the Linux environment. Best of luck.

[Pandora`]

Remove the HD and connect it to another machine as secondary or external. Download GetDataBack Data Recovery at download.com.. Install the software, run and transfer the pics. If this method doesnt't work.. Try booting up a Linux Live CD and transfer the pics in the Linux environment. Best of luck.

thank you for response but...umm....m e no understand computerish.   

[tubyaj]

so...last year, my laptop got the blue screen and it died.  i haven't touched it since and its been more than a year.  on top of that, i can't find the battery charger.

i want to take it to bestbuy to see if they can recover my pictures...las t time i asked, it would cost me around $50 for them to try and $100 if they can retrieve anything.

what do you think my chances of them retrieving my photos/videos?  is there a cut-off date for these sort of things?

Since you know nothing about computers...if the pictures are valuable enough to you that's actually a small price to pay.  Good luck!

[obscurity]

if your in mn i think theres a few mn tech guys might possibly be willing to help

also if hard drive hasn't died yet, just go buy an external enclosure and use that hard drive as an external hard drive

[k3v|n]

if you're mn, i recover your photo for free.

[Suav]

buy this http://cgi.ebay.com/2-5-USB-Adapter-IDE-Laptop-Notebook-Hard-Drive-/290520397284?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item43a45d75e4
stick your laptop hard drive in it.
connect it to your desktop's usb port. if you're lucky it'll just pop up as a usb drive and you can retrieve your photos.
blue screen just means your operating system is corrupted so chances are that your photos will still be there.