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internal laptop HDD becomes external
« on: July 07, 2011, 05:20:38 PM »
Hai ppl!!!
i have another question for you all... i have a laptop hard drive on me, that the operating system crashed on, and i want to make it into an external drive
the only problem, is when i plug it in, it does not show on the hard drive list, removable storage, ext...
the drive is not dead, because if you boot the computer off of it, it tries to run windows, but it crashes...
please help... i need more computer space
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 05:43:30 PM »
Does it show in computer management?
Can you provide more info:  USB enclosure type. enclosure USB powered or external power adapter.
Are you attaching it to a laptop or desktop?
You can't run Windows from a USB drive.
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 06:04:39 PM »
i have this laptop hard drive from another laptop that i have, and when its plugged into the actuall hard drive bay, it works, but when its plugged into my current laptop, you can hear it working, but windows does not recognize it as a storage device...
right now i am using a IDE - USB plug to test my drive before i get an encolusre... and this adapter works with another hard drive that i hace
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2011, 06:13:34 PM »
You can't take a hard drive from one laptop & put it into another laptop and expect it to boot.  Windows is configured to run on the laptop where it was originally installed.  Don't know what kind of IDE - USB plug you have.  Some don't work very well.
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2011, 07:20:38 PM »
1... i took the laptop out of the original laptop... it had OS problems
2... this adapter works perfectly with another laptop hard drive i am using
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2011, 08:58:43 PM »
Quote from: zeroburn on July 07, 2011, 07:20:38 PM
1... i took the laptop out of the original laptop... it had OS problems
2... this adapter works perfectly with another laptop hard drive i am using

the laptop out of the laptop? ???
Quote from: Computer_Commando on July 07, 2011, 06:13:34 PM
You can't take a hard drive from one laptop & put it into another laptop and expect it to boot.  Windows is configured to run on the laptop where it was originally installed.
no, it should boot properly, just without drivers, from personal experience.

go to start>run>diskmgmt.msc and see if your (now external) IDE HDD is plugged in with a working partition.
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2011, 09:29:12 PM »
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no, it should boot properly, just without drivers, from personal experience.

Wrong...
Also from personal experience.
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2011, 09:32:19 PM »
Quote from: patio on July 10, 2011, 09:29:12 PM
Wrong...
Also from personal experience.

hmm... i have had success with a laptop drive (2.5'') inside a desktop also...
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2011, 09:40:05 PM »
It's bad advice...
Since WinME Windows OS's have been increasingly tied to the hardware they get installed on...
I'm not saying this is a good or bad idea...i'm saying that's how it is.

Therefore to suggest it to someone in a Forum whose PC skills cannot be determined by a single post is just unproductive...

Can it be done ? ?...sure
Are there workarounds ? ? ...absolutely.

But the main goal is to help them with the issues at hand without spending time on what may or may not have worked for others in the past...

Who knows...you may have gotten lucky...but will it work for everyone ? ?
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Re: internal laptop HDD becomes external
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2011, 12:15:20 AM »
Agreed. It is not about if it is possible, it is about how to solve his problem.
Hard dives are now super low price. About fifty cents a gigabyte. More or less. Mostly less.
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