WAIT
DOES HER LAPTOP DYING MEAN SHE LOST HER DEUS EX SAVEGAME
FUCK
IT'S SO OVER ISN'T IT
Just extract the hard drive and dock it to the PC, you can then access it like an external drive and clone the saved files into the normal game folder on a new install.
we just have to do a good writeup on how to remove an m.2 drive and reinstall it into an enclosure or mobo, as well as where to copy the save files from/to. If we hide these instructions in a dessert recipe or picture of an owl she just might skim it.