Hi there,
I have a W8.1 laptop (not mine) with a broken screen i.e. no visibility at all. It's not a touch screen. I'm an OSX user with minimal exposure to W8.1 (last Windows I got friendly with was 7) and I need to get the data off the HDD. I've got 3 options to solve this which I've outlined below but had no success. I would REALLY appreciate some help!
Option 1: Connect HDMI cable to another screen. However I'm having trouble activating the second screen option blindly. When I turn the laptop on I'm told that the machine auto-logs on but I can't be sure. There shouldn't be a password on the account. Either way I would have thought that when I boot the laptop with the HDMI in I would see the boot process on the HDMI display but I see nothing. I've also tried VGA but with no joy.
Option 2: Connect the HDD via USB to another machine and copy the data off. I've connected the HDD via USB to another Windows 8.1 machine but can only see it in Disk Management with "GPT Protected". Now I can't seem to find any decent articles explaining how to access a GPT Protected HDD through USB.
Option 3: TeamViewer is installed on the laptop but disabled from startup. If I can launch TeamViewer I can control the machine remotely and copy the data off.
Any assistance with any option is appreciated. Thanks guys!
I have a W8.1 laptop (not mine) with a broken screen i.e. no visibility at all. It's not a touch screen. I'm an OSX user with minimal exposure to W8.1 (last Windows I got friendly with was 7) and I need to get the data off the HDD. I've got 3 options to solve this which I've outlined below but had no success. I would REALLY appreciate some help!
Option 1: Connect HDMI cable to another screen. However I'm having trouble activating the second screen option blindly. When I turn the laptop on I'm told that the machine auto-logs on but I can't be sure. There shouldn't be a password on the account. Either way I would have thought that when I boot the laptop with the HDMI in I would see the boot process on the HDMI display but I see nothing. I've also tried VGA but with no joy.
Option 2: Connect the HDD via USB to another machine and copy the data off. I've connected the HDD via USB to another Windows 8.1 machine but can only see it in Disk Management with "GPT Protected". Now I can't seem to find any decent articles explaining how to access a GPT Protected HDD through USB.
Option 3: TeamViewer is installed on the laptop but disabled from startup. If I can launch TeamViewer I can control the machine remotely and copy the data off.
Any assistance with any option is appreciated. Thanks guys!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- OSX
- Computer type
- Laptop