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Depends how the laptop died but most likely you can open the laptop, remove the drive and put it in a cheap USB enclosure to access the files directly from another computer.
Total cost = cost of little screwdriver + appropriate drive enclosure = < $30 probably.
If your laptop died due to drive failure that's gonna cost ya.
Seems like a battery issue, wasn't charging earlier but reseating the battery it is now posting 255% charge when plugged in. Will look at getting a new battery, recalibrating the one in there now, and getting a new charging board. But fuck this is annoying
Yeah that sounds really irritating. At least it's just a power supply issue tho. Your data will be fine and your laptop will live again.