Water on laptop

[jwolf6589]

My mom accidentally got water on her MacBook white 2009 model. She has no backup and the machine is not working. Can the data be recovered? I suggested she replace it with a MacBook Air.

 

[Glmnet1]

Probably, unless the hard drive itself is full of water.

You can take it out like this:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Unibody+Model+A1342+Hard+Drive+Replacement/1670

Then insert it in another computer or use a SATA to usb adapter to see if the data is still there.

 

[jwolf6589]

Probably, unless the hard drive itself is full of water.

You can take it out like this:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Unibody+Model+A1342+Hard+Drive+Replacement/1670

Then insert it in another computer or use a SATA to usb adapter to see if the data is still there.

On her model the HD is in the battery compartment. Hopefully the HD can be restored to the MacBook Air.