Can you save the data on a laptop without starting the computer?

Salute together

I found an old laptop from my youth. Unfortunately I can't start it, or it does not even boot properly. Now my question to the computer geniuses among us. Can you also access the data without starting the laptop? I still remember the password of the computer.

Warm wishes

Yes, remove the hard drive and connect it to another computer using an adapter.

Remove the hard drive, see what connection it has (e.g. S-ATA), buy a corresponding cable and connect it to another computer externally.

Simply install the hard drive in another PC and you can access all the data on the hard drive.

Remove HDD… There's SATA or IDE to USB adapter for little money, so that you can save the data via a running PC.

I'm assuming that the hard drive was not encrypted - if you did, you would probably know it. Then the following applies: If you remove the hard drive, you can connect it to another computer or laptop (if necessary with an adapter). Then you can read the data like from an external hard drive. You don't need the password for this.