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Can I put my old hard drive in another laptop?
Providing both computers support the same hard drive interface and the drive will fit physically in the second PC, either replacing an existing drive or occupying a different location and interface connection, then yes you can transfer the drive. This will allow you to reuse an old drive in a different PC.
Can I put my hard drive in another computer?
Yeah, that’ll work. You’ll need a SATA data cable, and you’ll need to locate an available SATA power cable in the working computer. Plug the drive in, boot the computer, et voila, your drive should be there. If not, open Disk Manager, locate the new disk, and partition and format it for use.
Can I add a hard drive to my HP laptop?
Installing a 2nd Hard Drive or SSD in an HP laptop equipped with the HP Upgrade Bay is easy with our drive caddies designed for the HP Upgrade Bay. One can use 2.5″ SATA Hard Drives or SSD with drive heights up to 12.5mm.
Can you just swap hard drives in a laptop?
As long as they’re both the same size and connect via the same interface (SATA/IDE/etc) it could work. The operating system and software are located ON those hard drives, so if you did switch them the operating system and software (not to mention personal files) would switch as well.
Are hard drives interchangeable in laptops?
The good news is that almost all laptop hard drives are the same size and use some form of a SATA interface. Naturally, make sure that the drive’s capacity is as big or bigger than the drive you’re replacing.
Can I install Windows on a hard drive and put it in another computer?
OEM copies are designed to be locked to the hardware they were originally installed on by the manufacturer. Microsoft only support transferring OEM Windows 10 to new hard drive on the same computer, thus you cannot move OEM copies of Windows to another computer.
Are Toshiba laptop hard drives interchangeable?
Swaping a drive in the exact same laptop model (with same hardware) will work just fine. Swaping drives between two laptops with very different hardware (different generations of chips, intel vs amd, etc, and the system will be unstable or even just fail to boot.
How do I know if a hard drive is compatible with my computer?
To check the SATA compatibility, you can look at the specification page of your laptop or desktop (or maybe the Motherboard’s Model Number, if assembled). Even if you have SATA 2.0 compatible motherboard in your computer, that doesn’t mean you can only use SATA 2.0 drive in your system.
How to fix Toshiba external hard drive not connecting to computer?
There are many tips you can try to check the connection between your Toshiba external hard drive and your computer. Connect your Toshiba external hard drive to another USB port, including the rear ones, on your computer Method 2. Update the Toshiba External Hard Drive Driver
Why can’t I put a Samsung SD card in a Toshiba laptop?
The fact that the drive is toshiba and the laptop is toshiba is irrelevant. It just so happens that toshiba makes hard drives and they make laptops, while Dell, HP, etc just buys drives from Seagate, WD, HGST, etc and puts them in the laptop. You can put a Samsung SD card in any brand of phone, and samsung phones can take any brand SD card.
How do I update my Toshiba hard drive?
Since your hard drive is not detected by the PC, you cannot update the driver via Device Manager. Go to the official site of Toshiba, then download and install the latest driver by entering your model or the serial number of your disk.
Can I put an external hard drive in a laptop?
So you can put any 2.5″ hard drive into any laptop that accepts 2.5″ drives and the drive will work. Now when talking about Operating System and Programs that is a completley different ordeal. Windows is installed to a system and configured for certian hardware. You then install drivers for that hardware.