How to remove a circle from a circle

[Metspitzer]

Here is a link to a photo of my sister's laptop. She said the laptop fell on the cord. I think what happened was that when the laptop fell on the power supply a plastic ring on the end of the plug came off inside the laptop port.

Any creative way to get remove it?

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[krw]

I've seen that happen with other barrel type connectors.

Undamaged? If you don't care about damaging it, you could use a drill bit just larger than the hole. Try drilling at very low speed so the bit snags on the ring rather than drilling through it. Once you get it snagged, pull the drill out. If that doesn't work a tap or an EZ-out will be sharper and might snag better.

[Metspitzer]

The outside circle has to be undamaged. The outside circle being the laptop itself.

The power supply plug has popped off into the laptop. I need to get the old part out before I can re plug the new power supply.

[Oren]

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[gregz]

High vacuum.

Drills.

Greg