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short story -> had laptop turned on, put in a broken USB to try to recover data, when I plugged in the USB, the laptop turned off. Laptop, now, will not boot / start up.. :/ Halp!

Try plugging in a charger and then booting up.

From: TuSaliHai
Try plugging in a charger and then booting up.

Have unplugged charger + replugged in, as well as, have taken out battery and replaced in laptop.. :s

Take out the battery, only have your charger in.

From: TuSaliHai
Take out the battery, only have your charger in.

Negative, still no result :/

That sounds a lot like a problem a friend had a few months ago. It had to do with a corrupted hard drive. I know, it sounds like a particularly pleasant issue. To solve it, she was forced to change the hard drive. I can't tell how you can make sure that this is the issue you're having, but it's an avenue worth considering.

(First as a side note - apparently this thread somehow has 4 replies and 0 views?)

Was the USB physically broken in any manner or wet?

@Wardancer; Ugh! I have a few spares, but that's the last thing I want to have happen >.>

nivek1989, yes, it was half attached (the plug was half way connected -I think- to the USB chip).. I've since decimated this USB into micro bits of trash :)

I'm crossing my fingers hoping that's not the issue. Good luck.