I need a geek

[penguinavenger]

My old old laptop, that I haven't even attempted to use in years and no longer have the cord I would need to charge the battery, houses a lot of pictures that I would like to have. This occurred to me the other night when I was posting pics of our Florida trip. Anyway. I would really like to extract these pictures somehow, and transfer them to my

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[fatesplaything]

Are the batteries on your two laptops interchangeable? If so, you could just move the battery (or external/spare battery) to the old lappy long enough to get the pix off.

Or, is the entire cord missing, if not, which parts? It may be possible to get a replacement cord/part from Radio Shack (not the iGo, though, that's too pricey for this job).

[penguinavenger]

They're different brands... old laptop = compaq, new one = toshiba. So, I have no clue whether or not they are compatible. The whole cord is gone, and it's been so long since I used it I have no clue where it might be or what might have happened to it. I thought about using the cord for my current laptop to try to charge the old one, but Brian thought that might be a bad idea....

as you can see, this kind of stuff is beyond my ability for problem-solving =(

[fatesplaything]

Try looking up the power input spec for your old laptop, and compare to the spec for your current lappy. If they are the same, the cord will work.

[gtv42]

A geek, eh

[penguinavenger]

Thanks, Gregg! I'm going to try to get a new power cord tonight for the old laptop, and if that doesn't work I'll take it to Fry's on Monday to see what that can do =) I figured there was some way to remove the hard drive and get the info off it, I just had no idea how.

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[atinw]

I have a compaq power cord...

[penguinavenger]

really?????????

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