Hi! I was given a macbook air to recover data after a young woman had spilled a whole bunch of wine on it. She said it no longer powered on and I didn't want to take any chances so I disconnected the battery as soon as I could.

I pulled the hard drive to recover her data but would like to see about getting this thing in working order again! Can you run your diagnostics and repairs without a hard drive? I'd hate to invest in one of those annoying NAND drives before I know it'll work!

Thanks a lot!

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Hi! I was given a macbook air to recover data after a young woman had spilled a whole bunch of wine on it.  She said it no longer powered on and I didn't want to take any chances so I disconnected the battery as soon as I could.

I pulled the hard drive to recover her data but would like to see about getting this thing in working order again!  Can you run your diagnostics and repairs without a hard drive? I'd hate to invest in one of those annoying NAND drives before I know it'll work!

Thanks a lot!

iFixYouri · Accepted Answer

Hi Tom, 

We do not need your hard drive. We can still fully work and test the device. Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any other questions.