Gordon, Yes I know, I did backup my documents at the start of the month before I went away somewhere but no I have not as a matter of course been backing up Outlook data files etc, yes I will from now on...hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it.. I'm sure I could do what you say if I had the tools / know-how to open up the laptop and take out the hard drive...thankfully I've had an offer from a very generous person to do this for me. Thanks anyway for your couple of euros' worth! Cheers, Phil -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon Keen Sent: 31 July 2008 12:50 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: dead laptop - your help needed Hi Well apart from the usual smart arse reply of ..so you didn't take a back up then?..could you not remove the hard disk and put in a u.s.b. cradle to copy the data over to your desk top and if you need to junk the tosh paperweight at least use the hard disk to keep back ups for any future laptop you might buy? Just my two euros worth. Cheers G From glorious Devon, England. On 31 Jul 2008, at 07:14, Phil Stephenson wrote: > Hi George, > > Hmm, and I was led to believe Toshiba were a good reliable brand... > > What I could really do with is finding someone decent to take a look > at it and at least tell me if it's salvageable and if not do something > like you've suggested to at least get the data off it in particular my > Outlook data file as the one thing I didn't backup was my emails, > contacts etc..I know, silly me. > > I'm not best pleased though as I've not added any hardware to it and > it cost over £1000 and I've had it lessss than 3 years, I knew I'd > have to replace ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3311 (20080730) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3311 (20080730) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3311 (20080730) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq