Could I put a new laptop hard drive and a broken laptop hard drive into this product and transfer into the new hard drive?
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If the broken hard drive can be fixed by something like Apple Disk Utility, this product would work. If your laptop hard drive has bigger problems and crashed, you will have to take it to a data recovery service such as Disk Doctor. The StarTech product is a docking station that can hold two hard drives (either 2.5" or 3.5"). It provides the drives power and a USB cable that is used to connect the docking station to a computer.
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I see no reason why not. just pop the new drive in the old ones place, they hook up the same way. However be warned, all of your data will be lost in this process. You should have a windows sticker somewhere on your computer case that has your product key, all you need to do is find a copy of the windows version that you have, install it and put in that product key. To find the drivers that you need just go to dells website and download them from there. If you ever get stuck during the process, google is your best friend.
421022
It's not that simple, but yes. Suggest you google this question in your browser: "how to transfer data from one external hard drive to another".
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There is a way to swap files, but why did the computer fail??? If it was due to a virus, you'll unfortunately be swapping that to the new computer.If not, your in luck, you can connect the hard drive as a slave to the new hard drive and download. Look on Cnet.com or instructibles.com to lead you the way.Good luck!! I know how much my files and docs. mean to me and I would hate for them to be corrupted - DVD storage is the way to go, unless you have access to a cloud.Hate to say this, but let this be a lesson learned, I lost allot of files I wish I still had from the late 90's and 2000's - Be smart and use external storage, Peace Brother or Sister There is a way to swap files, but why did the computer fail??? If it was due to a virus, you'll unfortunately be swapping that to the new computer.If not, your in luck, you can connect the hard drive as a slave to the new hard drive and download. Look on Cnet.com or instructibles.com to lead you the way.Good luck!! I know how much my files and docs. mean to me and I would hate for them to be corrupted - DVD storage is the way to go, unless you have access to a cloud.Hate to say this, but let this be a lesson learned, I lost allot of files I wish I still had from the... » Read More There is a way to swap files, but why did the computer fail??? If it was due to a virus, you'll unfortunately be swapping that to the new computer.If not, your in luck, you can connect the hard drive as a slave to the new hard drive and download. Look on Cnet.com or instructibles.com to lead you the way.Good luck!! I know how much my files and docs. mean to me and I would hate for them to be corrupted - DVD storage is the way to go, unless you have access to a cloud.Hate to say this, but let this be a lesson learned, I lost allot of files I wish I still had from the late 90's and 2000's - Be smart and use external storage, Peace Brother or Sister « Show Less
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If you atching this drive to you laptop externally to transfer data you will need to get a cable. If you replacing existing drive and old drive has a tray and its same width you should be fine. If this is for desktop then you will need spacers unless desktop has a 2.5 inch slot. Hope this helps
1974190
Nope! Asus says that you just need to put the original HDD back in before sending your laptop in for servicing.
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You should have no issue, as long as you can open up the laptop and remove the old drive.
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85% sure it should work.. the connection pins on your old hard drive come off and go on the new one ... it will make sense when you take tje old one apart
280220
Are you asking about the actual hard drive inside the storage module? According to the Seagate forums while it is designed to be a "no user serviceable parts inside" component, it is technically possible to crack open the module and put in a new hard disk, but not recommended unless you REALLY know what you are doing. As for swapping out the storage module itself with a new one from the same model GoFlex, that's easy. Just pop the old one off and put a new one in.
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No, you can copy from your old hard drive to new drive or I took mine to Best Buy and had them transfer my OS and files I wanted to keep.
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Yes, you are. I did something similar with mine, moving the hard drive into a different enclosure, safer and more useful for me. The only thing is that I had to reformat the hard drive after making the operation.
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Hughes, sorry to hear that the product did not work for you. I ordered the same hard drive for my Toshiba which uses the IDE connector and it worked fine. In same laptops it is not easy to fit in the hard drive and align the pins properly but if your laptops uses IDE connectors, I am very positive that the product will work. As far as i know, the hard drive is either a SATA, PATA or IDE kind of technology. And if it IDE, that drive should be able to work. However, your situation may be different am not sure, but all i say mine is working fine. Otherwise you can also try to compare with the old one and see if there is a match. Thank you.
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Depends. You can replace the Hdd, with a ssd, or you can add up to two msata drives and leave the Hdd. I replaced the Hdd with a ssd, and added a msata drive.
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It is possible, I don't think there would be any harm to the hard drive unless you reformatted to match the computer. You should be able to plug it in, go through your explorer to find the device and accomplish what you want from there.
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You can as long as where your present Hard drive is incaged. Me I found that an enclosed case (Metal box case) you cannot use this item because it sticks out to far. Hope this helps.
1467907
Yes, you should be able to remove the hard drive from the laptop, hook it up to this gadget, and then connect it to another computer through a USB port. It will show up as a drive. It worked pretty slick on my crashed computer hard drive. The only problem I had was when I tried one of the plug in options {the one that looked most familiar to me} and it didn't work. Lord knows why there are two choices, there are no directions. The second one worked perfectly.
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I believe so. As long as the drive fits in your current laptop, you should be fine.