If the old laptop seems broken and ready for the bin anyway, you could take out all batteries and rinse the whole thing in copious amounts of distilled water, then let dry in the sun for a few days, and see what happens.
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Yeah, thanks, but I've been drying it for a few days now. Not happening. I was getting a new one anyway, I'm just trying to save the files, some of which were hugely important to me.
You can always pop out the harddisk and take it to the Closest Friend Who Knows What They Are Doing.