Re: data retrieval from a faulty laptop hard drive

puck wrote:

thanks for thr suggestion, i do not have a floppy drive in the klaptop
or even a usb floppy :(

Depending on your BIOS you may be able to boot from, and save to, a
USB memory stick.

Regards

Mark
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