Liquid damage on MacBook Pro will data be lost?

I have a MacBook Pro that I purchased two years ago. I spilled liquid on it and now it won't turn on. I know I will have to get a new one but I was wondering if there was any way for my old data like pictures and documents to be salvaged. Is there anyway apple can take out the memory in my old broken one and put it into my new one?

Mar246 wrote:
I have a MacBook Pro that I purchased two years ago. I spilled liquid on it and now it won't turn on. I know I will have to get a new one but I was wondering if there was any way for my old data like pictures and documents to be salvaged. Is there anyway apple can take out the memory in my old broken one and put it into my new one?
Not meaning to be a nag (well, yes, I guess I am, a little bit), but this sort of issue is precisely why one should always have an up to date backup (or more than one, ideally), on hand.  Had you a backup, the state of the internal HD would be immaterial at this point and your data safe and sound.
But, as others have pointed out, you may be able to just remove the internal drive. put it into an external enclosure and read everything off that way.

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