The first thing I would determine is if the hard drive checks out OK
with a diagnostic program that should be available from the drives
manufacturer. Usually boot off a CD and run the diagnostic.  If the
drive is OK then I would run Memtest to maker sure the RAM is OK. RAM
is usually the problem with a BSOD. If RAM is Ok I would try to boot
off a USB drive that gets you into Linux or Windows so you can
retrieve your data. I know you to be a Linux expert so you can pick
your distro to do this. Windows you can use Active Boot Disk
http://lsoft.net/store.aspx to do this. Expensive but it will do what you want.

m


At 09:58 AM 10/20/2015, you wrote:
>   Is there anything I should try before asking a local Laptop
> Repair shop to see if they can at least save my data? David Gillett
>
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