Recovery of data on bootable disk from other pc

[Eli_]

Hi all!

I have a broken laptop of a friend here. Since its power connector on the motherboard has melted the laptop cannot be powered up anymore. Now i would like to recover the data on its hard disk via my ubuntu system. What is the best way to recover its data? Should i plug in the hd when my pc is powered down and just boot?


Thanks
Eli

[Irithori]

Hi and welcome.

Yes, this is one way.
Another and more convenient way is to get a usb <-> sata adapter.
These dont cost much and safe you the work of opening your pc, connecting the harddisc, close the pc, etc.