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On 03 Sep 2025 18:20:55 +0100 (BST)
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:
> > I have been given the name of a local guy who specialises in data
> > recovery, so presumably he knows a thing or two about this. I will
> > call him tomorrow and see what help he can be.  I do not trust
> > myself to go deeper into uncharted waters at this point.
> > For now, I will leave the laptop unpowered.  It spent most of
> > yesterday sitting there with a blinking cursor, but nothing else
> > happened.
> > 
> > Thank you both for the advice, I will report (any) progress.  
> 
> I'd guess the data is all still there, it's just not booting.  So
> it's just repair needed, rather than data recovery per se.
> 
> I'd invest in a new M.2 SSD and a couple of M.2 and SATA to USB
> adapters. Remove the M.2 and SATA drive from the laptop and put them
> in adapters. Install the blank new M.2 SSD into the laptop.
> 
> Boot from an installer and do a fresh install to your new M.2.
> Once everything is installed, plug in your old drives and copy things
> over.
> 
> It is likely possible to repair your existing install via booting a
> recovery USB stick, but a new drive avoids the risk of losing
> anything on your existing drives.  It would also be possible to boot
> from a USB stick and copy anything important to the USB.
> 
> Of course, if there is anything particularly valuable then there's no
> harm in calling in someone more experienced to do it for you.
> 
> Theo

Update. 
The guy whose name I was given no longer works with Linux, or even
Windows, PCs. he is good on Atari and similar equipment. He sounded
interested when I said I have a Sinclair ZX-81 in my archive. 
He will talk to a guy who might be able to help, b t that will not be
until tomorrow.
Meanwhiel, I have been looking at CPC or components.
I am not familiar with all this, but I have identified the following:
https://cpc.farnell.com/kingston/snv3s-2000g/ssd-nv3-m-2-2280-pcie4-0-nvme/dp/CS37703?st=pcie%20to%20pci
for the new SSD.
Then a choice:
For the SATA-USB adapter, possibly, at £9.78:
https://cpc.farnell.com/startech/usb3s2sat3cb/lead-sata-to-usb-with-uasp/dp/CS34473?st=ssd%20to%20usb%20adapters
or at £28.48:
https://cpc.farnell.com/startech/usb312sat3/adapter-usb3-1-10gb-s-sata-ssd/dp/CS30219?st=ssd%20to%20usb%20adapters
I do not see why there is such a price difference, unless one gets what
one pays for.

Looking for an M2-USB adapter, I found, for £42.38:
https://cpc.farnell.com/startech/m2-usb-c-nvme-sata/enclosure-usb-c-to-m-2-nvme-sata/dp/CS35447?st=m2%20to%20usb%20adapters
which looks as though it would do both jobs (not at the same time, of
course).

Any comments on these most welcome, I am a stranger in a strange land
here, and doing my best. If any, or all, of these are totally
unsuitable for the job envisaged, I would really appreciate knowing
why. I won't order anything yet.

Meanwhile, how am I supposed to mount the PC's partitions when booting
from a Live USB? I read various descriptions, but whatever I try does
not seem to work. I know that it might not work anyway, as the system
is borked, but I would love to know what I should be doing to make this
happen. If it still doesn't, then I will know that I have tried the
correct procedure, but it has failed.
'Disks' identifies the partitions. but won't let me mount them. (that
sounds rude!).

All help much appreciated.

-- 
Davey.

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