I have a laptop computer question for you computer guys

[reelop19]

I have a Compaq Presario C300 that will not come on and I need my music off of it. The guy at Best Buy told me it needs a motherboard and the only reason I'm considering it is because I have over $100 worth of music on that laptop on my iTunes. Is there a way to get to that music without a new motherboard? So I'm wondering if my music would be on a part of the computer I could have removed and downloaded from another computer or what have you? Thanks

[alwaysclean]

lol music is pretty important

[TheEtaUnderdog]

lol on a part? you mean like the harddrive?

ya you can remove the harddrive from the laptop. go pick up a sata/ide to usb converter and plug the drive into a working computers usb port. then bam, you have access to all your files.

[TheEtaUnderdog]

ps dont ever take your stuff to bestbuy. they are retarded and most have no training.

[TheEtaUnderdog]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119152&cm_re=sata%2fide_usb-_-12-119-152-_-Product

that should work or at least something similar to that, that was the cheapest i saw real quick

[Desaevious]

Do what Underdog is saying. That will make your old harddrive just like any other external harddrive. You can connect that via USB to your new computer and migrate the files that way. If you're not familiar with an external harddrive it will work like a glorified flash drive.

[e30e]

I maybe wrong about this but, when you buy a song on itunes you own it hence why you sign in so if you go to another computer all you have to do is download it again.

[selturk]

^^ what he said

[reelop19]

Well I downloaded itunes to my computer and it just opens when I click the icon. I never have to sign in and I cant see how I would log in and out. Than ks by the way for the ideas for the hard drive.

[Rodoni]

you have to "authorize" the itunes account. Go to "store" ---> "authorize"

Badabing-badaboom.

Disclaimer: iTunes is usually pretty shitty with me. Shit wont show up under "purchased" etc. So good luck to you sir.