Question Can I Recover Data from My Dead Laptop if That Data is Stored in Local Disc (C:) / (System Drive)?

[Demiurage]

My laptop just died, and when i bring it to the service center to retrieved my data they said it cant be retrieved if that data is stored in Local Disc (C: ) or boot drive, the data that can be recover is only the data that is being stored in my partition storage like Data (D: ) or Data (E: ).
Is that really the case?? can't i recover the data that is being stored in my "Documents" , "Download" , and "Picture" folder in my system drive or my Local Disc (C: )??

 

[ThatVietGuy]

False.

If its things like Word documents, pictures, video files, etc. it can be recovered as long as it wasn't the hard drive itself that died.

You can buy a USB adapter (for example, https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-USB-Cable-USB3S2SAT3CB/dp/B00HJZJI84?th=1), connect the laptop's hard drive to another computer, and get the files that you need.

 

[Demiurage]

False.

If its things like Word documents, pictures, video files, etc. it can be recovered as long as it wasn't the hard drive itself that died.

You can buy a USB adapter (for example, https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-USB-Cable-USB3S2SAT3CB/dp/B00HJZJI84?th=1), connect the laptop's hard drive to another computer, and get the files that you need.

I see, so as long as my SSD is not dead i can recover all the data that i stored there, regardless i stored them in my system/ boot drive (Local Disc C) or whether i stored them in in any other partition. Is that correct?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Yes.

 

[Demiurage]

Thank you very much, it seems that the technician has some skill issue

 

[mdd1963]

Encryption/Bitlocker can complicate issues....

 

[SkyNetRising]

Is that really the case?? can't i recover the data that is being stored in my "Documents" , "Download" , and "Picture" folder in my system drive or my Local Disc (C: )??

Depends on laptop.
There are laptops with EMMC storage or SSD soldered onto motherboard.
Recovering data from those will be problematic.

But if laptop has a discrete data storage drive, that can be removed and installed into a different pc,
then data should be recoverable (unless it's encrypted and you don't have decryption key).