Hard Drive Swap

[WesKH87]

Hello,

 

Recently my laptop died and I need to retrieve the data from the hard drive. The hard drive is for sure ok, but the laptop itself will not turn on anymore. I have a friend who has the exact same laptop with same hardware/operating system as I do, and I am wondering, can I simply put my hard drive into his laptop to retrieve my data??

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Wes

[BeeCeeBee]

I would think a better solution would be to get a USB connector and treat your drive as an external. Exact is not always exact and while it may work physically, windows may not boot in your friends computer.

[Synapse]

Yep, don't boot it in another machine, you will more than likely blue screen it.

[Felix]

Hi

 

If the Notebook is of the same model/chipset as the one you had, it will boot without any issue. Worst thing, it may find new devices and ask for a restart

[Synapse]

Very true, even different makes with same chipset will often work.

 

But...if he goes from say Intel to VIA he is goosed :(

[BeeCeeBee]

Going back to my original premise in my reply as bolstered by Synapse, I never said it wouldn't work only that using an adapter is a better way of accomplishing the task at hand. It is easy and reasonably foolproof if the drive is OK and the adapters are not all that expensive.

[Dalo Harkin]

Given that this is a laptop then it is better to use the drive as an external as BeeCeeBee has said.