This problem can be very serious, especially if you have important information about your computer and from one moment to another, due to an accident, you can no longer access it. This is why today we will see the best methods to be able to review and export this content in the easiest and fastest way possible.
These will work as long as the problem is only with the screen display, and not other components that have been damaged due to dropping or impacting the equipment. Although this will help us know if it happened, in case we don’t know the total damage.
How to view files from a broken screen?
For them we will have many waysdepending above all on the equipment, since, obviously, if it is a desktop computer, we all know the solution. Change monitor or even connect it momentarily to a television, projector or other equipment to obtain its information, because, if we have suffered an accident with the screen, the equipment is completely independent of it.
If we do not have another monitor or if we find it necessary to change equipment because not only the screen has suffered damage, we can take the SSD or hard drive and connect it to another computer. If it has not been damaged, the information will be safe and it will be very easy to recover it.
Now, what happens when the computer that lost the screen is a laptop? Well, basically the solution is the same, although it may seem stranger to us. But there is no mystery in this. Laptops allow their image to be broadcast to external screens, so we will only have to buy an HDMI cable or an adapter (if we don’t have a port available on it) and connect our laptop to another monitor, TV, projector… At that time we can control the computer through its usual keyboard and mouse (whether external or built-in) and transfer the data to a USB stick, cloud, etc. We even use it regularly while we think about repairing it or replacing it with another one.
In short, although we are very afraid when we lose the screen of our PC, they are not mobile phones, and everyone has the possibility of subcontracting the image to an independent, so the solution is very simple, and only in cases where our equipment does not have the necessary connector, it will be necessary to purchase the adapter, nothing more.
There is another simpler solution, although we talk about compatibility and checking before doing it. And it’s simply remove the SSD drive from our laptop and insert it into another. We will have everything and a new laptop with its screen in good condition. Of course, if the operating system is installed on the same unit, sometimes it will not be so simple, but hey, if we like the same model that we already had and its battery and other components are very worn, it is an option. Buy the same laptop and just change the SSD.
Whichever option you choose, your data (barring total hardware failure) is safe. Don’t worry, although it never hurts to back up frequently.
