How to recover files/crashed windows vista

MohammadHaqueCA

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my hp laptop with windows vista freezes after booting; though mouse moves but rest of the screen is totally frozen and nothing works. I have tried to boot it in every mode and same problem happens. I dont care about the computer much but I need to recover my files. Is there any way to retrieve files and transfer them to usb etc? Thanks for your help
 
Remove the drive, put it into a 2.5 inch external hard drive enclosure, then plug it in to the USB port of another working computer or laptop. You can then retrieve and save your data to a pen drive.

You should always back up your data to a different location as a matter of good common sense instead of waiting until something goes wrong. If your laptop hard drive fails (and it will one day) you will never be able to get the data off it without paying a lot of money to a data recovery specialist, so always back up your data!