Can I view laptop's data on another screen ?

[razorboy]

I did not know where to post this, so here we are. My Lenovo laptop's video has died: grey screen of Death. [I think it's a matter of damage, not the card.] Is there any way by which I can connect the two machines by cable, and view the Lenovo's data on my Dell Latitude? If so, is that also a path to transfer the data? Both machines are W7. Thanks very much.

 

[townsbg]

It doesn't really work like that if the computer won't boot. You might have to get the hard drive out and use a hard drive enclosure on the good one.

 

[razorboy]

It doesn't really work like that if the computer won't boot. You might have to get the hard drive out and use a hard drive enclosure on the good one.

Thank you, very good. So I would get an exclosure, dig the hard drive out & install, and then run a cable from the enclosure to USB port of the new host [Dell?]? If so, how does the host laptop know which HD data to display: it's own data, or the enclosure's data? x

 

[Firewatcher]

Hi, Just to be clear, is it just the display that has failed but the Lenovo still boots into Windows ? That is, can you hear it booting and get the Windows Welcome sound. If that is the case - you could try and connect the VGA output to another monitor with VGA port to substitute for your faulty screen. If per chance you have an HDMI Port, you could try using your TV.
If it is that it won't boot into Windows, then as townsbg says you can access the data using a Sata to USB adapter, they are not expensive. You put the Levovo Hard Drive into the adapter and plug it into the Latitude - it will then show as an additional Drive in File Explorer. You can't actually run Windows from it, the Latitude will boot from it's own Hard Drive as normal, but you will be able to transfer any or all your files across to the healthy Laptop.

 

[townsbg]

Thank you, very good. So I would get an exclosure, dig the hard drive out & install, and then run a cable from the enclosure to USB port of the new host [Dell?]? If so, how does the host laptop know which HD data to display: it's own data, or the enclosure's data? x

Once in the enclosure the drive acts like any other usb drive. You don't boot into it. Just make sure to get the correct (and best) external ports for your system (usb a 2/3, or c, etc). You also have to match the hard drive interface which for a laptop is either a 2.5" sata drive or nve of some kind. If you google your system I'm sure you can get a video showing how to get out the hard drive or you can take it to a pro.