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What is preventing me from taking an existing Toshiba HD and sliding it into...
Posted on 10/27/15 at 8:47 am
Posted on 10/27/15 at 8:47 am
different Toshiba laptop?
Motherboard crashed on an previous Toshiba laptop due to a power surge, but the HD was left unaffected. Both HDs are SATA drives and the same physical size.
What is stopping me from taking the old HD and putting it into the new laptop so I can pull some data off of it? Something needs changing in the bios?
Media failure on first try.
Motherboard crashed on an previous Toshiba laptop due to a power surge, but the HD was left unaffected. Both HDs are SATA drives and the same physical size.
What is stopping me from taking the old HD and putting it into the new laptop so I can pull some data off of it? Something needs changing in the bios?
Media failure on first try.
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Posted on 10/27/15 at 9:37 am to Dan Bilzerian
Hardware differences may cause unbootable actions. Best bet is to use a USB adapter and connect it, or slave it into a desktop.
Posted on 10/27/15 at 9:40 am to BabySam
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Best bet is to use a USB adapter and connect it,
Posted on 10/27/15 at 10:19 am to Dan Bilzerian
proabably needs BIOS changes and if the two laptops are different models you are wasting your time and making it far too much work.
The two suggestions here are the best. If you have a desktop with SATA on it then just pop it in there and get what you need. If not, go get a USB HDD reader and get it off that way.
The two suggestions here are the best. If you have a desktop with SATA on it then just pop it in there and get what you need. If not, go get a USB HDD reader and get it off that way.
Posted on 10/27/15 at 12:49 pm to Dan Bilzerian
Had the same issue with a Lenova laptop. Can't simply swap between laptops like you can desktops.
Like PPs have said, get what you need off it because you will have to reformat it to work in the new laptop.
Like PPs have said, get what you need off it because you will have to reformat it to work in the new laptop.
Posted on 10/27/15 at 12:52 pm to Jimbeaux28
quote:It doesn't usually go well with desktops, either.
Can't simply swap between laptops like you can desktops.
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:14 pm to Korkstand
It just depends how similar the chipsets are. If the machines are years apart, you're not gonna have a good time.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:59 am to Casty McBoozer
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It just depends how similar the chipsets are. If the machines are years apart, you're not gonna have a good time.
They are.
I may just find an old-assed laptop that matches the broken one so I can get some shite off of it. I've already connected via USB, but there are several things that I need that I cannot just pull off it this way.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 9:13 am to Dan Bilzerian
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I've already connected via USB, but there are several things that I need that I cannot just pull off it this way.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 10:13 am to Dan Bilzerian
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I've already connected via USB, but there are several things that I need that I cannot just pull off it this way.
can you expound on these "several things"?
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