A user's laptop has died but the hard drive is still functioning. Which of the following is the BEST way for the user to still access and edit all of their data?

The correct answer is C. USB hard drive enclosure. A USB hard drive enclosure allows the user to remove the functioning hard drive from the dead laptop, place it in the enclosure, and connect it via USB to another computer. This gives full read and write (edit) access to all data, making it the best solution. Burning data to…

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ABurn their data to DVDs
BUse a SCSI to USB adaptor
CUSB hard drive enclosure
DCopy their data to a USB flash drive

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A USB hard drive enclosure allows the user to remove the functioning hard drive from the dead laptop, place it in the enclosure, and connect it via USB to another computer. This gives full read and write (edit) access to all data, making it the best solution. Burning data to DVDs is read-only and time-consuming. A SCSI to USB adapter is not applicable since modern laptop drives use SATA or NVMe, not SCSI. Copying data to a USB flash drive requires another working computer with access to the drive first, and flash drives may not have enough capacity - this also doesn't inherently allow ongoing editing from the drive itself.

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