Hello. I am having serious issues with my laptop. A couple of months ago
(around April) the hardrive of my HP Pavillion DV 9000 completely
crashed and my father replaced it for me. But I'm having serious issues
again:
-I can't burn c.d.s and I can't watch dvds
-I can't turn on my webcam
-The USB ports have completely stopped working.

I would like to backup my data before I get a new computer. I bought an
external hard drive to take a picture of a computer as it is now, but,
of course, it didn't work because none of my usb ports will not work. I
don't know what to do. Is there another way to save all my data without
using the usb ports of the cd drive?


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> Hello. I am having serious issues with my laptop. A couple of months ago
> (around April) the hardrive of my HP Pavillion DV 9000 completely
> crashed and my father replaced it for me. But I'm having serious issues
> again:
> -I can't burn c.d.s and I can't watch dvds
> -I can't turn on my webcam
> -The USB ports have completely stopped working.
>
> I would like to backup my data before I get a new computer. I bought an
> external hard drive to take a picture of a computer as it is now, but,
> of course, it didn't work because none of my usb ports will not work. I
> don't know what to do. Is there another way to save all my data without
> using the usb ports of the cd drive?
>
>
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Take the drive out of the laptop and install it in an external enclosure.
Then connect it up to a well functioning computer so you can get at your
files.

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience & Security

Richard Urban wrote:[color=blue]
> "djlewi07" <djlewi07.3zjwbc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello. I am having serious issues with my laptop. A couple of months ago
>> (around April) the hardrive of my HP Pavillion DV 9000 completely
>> crashed and my father replaced it for me. But I'm having serious issues
>> again:
>> -I can't burn c.d.s and I can't watch dvds
>> -I can't turn on my webcam
>> -The USB ports have completely stopped working.
>>
>> I would like to backup my data before I get a new computer. I bought an
>> external hard drive to take a picture of a computer as it is now, but,
>> of course, it didn't work because none of my usb ports will not work. I
>> don't know what to do. Is there another way to save all my data without
>> using the usb ports of the cd drive?
>>
>>
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> Take the drive out of the laptop and install it in an external
> enclosure. Then connect it up to a well functioning computer so you can
> get at your files.
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Good advice.

You will probably need an adapter for your laptop harddrive

but they are only a few dollars

"djlewi07" <djlewi07.3zjwbc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello. I am having serious issues with my laptop. A couple of months ago
> (around April) the hardrive of my HP Pavillion DV 9000 completely
> crashed and my father replaced it for me. But I'm having serious issues
> again:
> -I can't burn c.d.s and I can't watch dvds
> -I can't turn on my webcam
> -The USB ports have completely stopped working.
>
> I would like to backup my data before I get a new computer. I bought an
> external hard drive to take a picture of a computer as it is now, but,
> of course, it didn't work because none of my usb ports will not work. I
> don't know what to do. Is there another way to save all my data without
> using the usb ports of the cd drive?
>
>
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YOu could use a CD burner application and back up to DVD..

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djlewi07 wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello. I am having serious issues with my laptop. A couple of months ago
> (around April) the hardrive of my HP Pavillion DV 9000 completely
> crashed and my father replaced it for me. But I'm having serious issues
> again:
> -I can't burn c.d.s and I can't watch dvds
> -I can't turn on my webcam
> -The USB ports have completely stopped working.
>
> I would like to backup my data before I get a new computer. I bought an
> external hard drive to take a picture of a computer as it is now, but,
> of course, it didn't work because none of my usb ports will not work. I
> don't know what to do. Is there another way to save all my data without
> using the usb ports of the cd drive?
>
>[/color]

It sounds like your father neglected to install the software and
drivers for your laptop. You may way to go to the HP website and
download the drivers for your motherboard chipset which may get
your usb ports working. You should also download the drivers for
the webcam as well as cd burning software and dvd player software.

Good luck!