My 2017 MacBook Pro recently gave me the black screen of death. The screen still illuminates, the touchpad is responsive, and it makes the startup sound. It also makes the charging noise when I connect it via USB-C to my new MBA. Apple said it needed a display replacement to the tune of $600... obviously not a worthwhile cost for a computer that's practically a senior citizen in tech years. I've already replaced it with a brand new MacBook Air with M2, but I'm hoping to recover some files from the broken one. Apple guy suggested I take it to a local place but warned that it could get pricy.
Is there a way to do this at home? The broken one has a bunch of game save files I really don't want to lose. I've already tried all the different key combinations to "wake it up" and can confidently say I will never get beyond the glowing black screen, but if there is some way to access the data that is still on there, I really want to.
I did connect the two devices via USB-C when setting up the new MBA, but it didn't seem to register any connection. Google hasn't been super helpful given that most help guides assume you can still operate the old MacBook. Any suggestions?
ETA: Between Apple, my tech-savvy brother, and me, none of us know why I suddenly got the BSOD. But, my partner did spill some water across the keyboard 4-6 weeks ago. Of course I immediately dried it as much as possible. It functioned normally for several weeks after that. The BSOD showed up about a week ago, and my last use of it prior to that was about two weeks earlier, at which time it worked like normal. Never had any issues that indicated it might be on its way out.
Bonus question: if my only option is to take it into a shop, what kind of cost am I looking at if I want to retrieve maybe 75-100gb of files?