Retrieving Information and/or Usable Parts From a Broken Laptop

My wife's laptop had been broken for YEARS and she had a lot of information on there that was valuable to her, but it was now no longer accessible.

I decided that I would change that and salvage the parts that were worth keeping (mainly the RAM, the i3 processor and of course the hard drive with the valuable information).

Before...

This is the computer:

After...

This is the processor:

This is the hard drive (with all the vital information):

This is the RAM (memory) sitting next to the motherboard:

The next step to retrieving the information would be to buy a USB (and/or Thunderbolt) hard drive enclosure that would then allow you to access the files from another computer.

Hope this was useful and relevant information.

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Best,

@debraycodes

P.S. I'm here for any questions that you may have...