I spilled milo on the left keyboard on my laptop..I was watching a video and as it happens the sound from the video is gone. Panic as I am I stupidly lift the laptop a bit to clean under the laptop. Then suddenly milo spill from the right side (apparently I unconsciously tilt the laptop). Then the laptop screen turn completely white. I turn it off by pressing the power button till it turn off and close the charger. While these happens, the laptop did not have a battery.

Now here's the stupidest part...shortly after I turn off the charger, I turn it back in and tried to turn on the laptop. The power symbol and one other keyboard I couldnt remember which, has a glow. The place to plug in the charger also glows. Then I plugged in the battery and repeatedly tried to power on the laptop with and without the battery. Now there's no.glow whatsoever, it's completely dead. I dont remember how many times I tried to turn on the laptop. After going on internet, I know I shouldnt turn on the power...

I left my laptop upside down. It now smells like milo..did I just fry my laptop or is it still fixable? The most important thing, can I recover all my data in local disk c?

Is it right that to retrieve the data, the laptop needs to be disassembled and take out the harddisk, then connect it with usb? If I ask a pc shop to transfer the data to a new laptop that I will buy from them, how much will it cost me?

I just let the shop guys do it coz I'm afraid I will break something if I do it myself lol I just got back from the shop. Looks like the milo spilled all over the component and left tons of residues and as expected it is not fixable. Thankfully they can recover the data. I asked them to make it like an external hard disk. I read somewhere that the hdd is more delicate and fragile than normal external hard disk. Once it is enclosed by the case, it's not fragile anymore right?