Tecra A2 - grey screen problem

I bought a PC laptop Toshiba Tecra A2 nearly 4 years ago. It worked perfectly until a few days where he has stopped working. Now when I open a gray screen and nothing else. It won't turn off or do anything. The interesting thing is that when I press the button, I hear the sound loading windows. This leads me to believe that there is a problem with the display and not the hard drive.

The big problem is that ALL my photos were on the laptop and I didn't have them backed up prior to the crash. So is it possible that I can remove the hard drive and somehow get my photos. I have no problem with the replacement of the laptop as it is old, but the photographs are priceless and I wouldn't lose them.

Everyone knows about this problem with a Toshiba before? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

The connection of the screen may be loose, or the screen is maybe defective. Bring the laptop to an ASP for a quote.

Your data should be still intact. To retrieve the files, you can remove the HARD drive and use a USB 2.5 "HDD adapter to connect it to another PC. The HARD drive will be displayed as an additional drive (E: for example) letter, then you go to E:\documents and settings\ [user] \mydocuments\ and copies the files on the other PC, then burn these files to a CD or DVD.

Remember to always back up your important files regularly. You never know when the HARD drive will fail.

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