Can I use this to transfer files from a dead laptop harddrive to a new laptop without taking the harddrive out of the new laptop?
486259
You will need to take the hard drive out of the broken laptop. That hard drive would then plug in to the large end, then plug the two USB ends in to the new laptop. But this will only work if your old drive is a SATA drive. If it is a very old IDE drive it will not work. (IDE Drives are the old hard drives that have two rows of small pins on the). Removing a hard drive from a laptop is super easy. You will probably find videos on your specific laptop on YouTube.
486260
I belive so it makes the old HD basically like a passport WD external drive so the only thing you might be missing is the software to do the transfer not sure on that part
486261
The short answer is yes. If you're able to "see" the dead laptop HD when you plug into the USB port of the new laptop then it just as simple as transferring from one drive to another on a partitioned HD
486262
No. The larger part of this product plugs directly into a hard drive. From their you take the data off the old by plugging in the USB end into the new laptop. The second USB is for extra power to the old hard drive.
251149
Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
1467909
yes you can. Even though your laptop doesn't charge it should still be able to work with the power cord plugged in. If that's no good, then you need to remove the hard drive from the underside of the laptop, then plug the hard drive into a "universal storage adapter" (available on Amazon), then plug the other end to another working computer (USB slot), and pull out the data.
2072313
Yes; I have extracted a number of laptop drives from dead laptops and used in this manner. Any drive enclosure made for appropriate drive type will work.
1280596
When you open Windows Easy Transfer on your new PC you can choose 'External Hard Disk' at the first prompt (this is Microsoft speak for portable hard drive). Plug in your empty portable drive to a usb port when prompted and wait for the easy transfer program to be copied to this drive. Then you have to plug the drive into your old PC and transfer the files, and then plug it back in the new PC to complete the process. Note, the cable is not involved here.
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".
1892151
Yes, you can, but it depends on the operating systems of the two computers. Here's an article on the subject.http://www.ehow.com/how_6353102_transfer-pc-using-usb-cable.html
1906288
No. It's for transfer from one hard drive to another only... The hardware in the cord does the transfer automatically.
2110739
As long as the drive isn't damaged. I just recently transferred a ton of files from a broken laptop's SATA HDD. It should work perfectly. See my review on the order with which to connect everything. Basically, connect the power block to an outlet, connect the power cable to the drive, connect the SATA (or IDE) to the drive, turn on the power block and let the drive spin up for a few seconds, then plug the USB into the computer. Open the drive and start copying/moving files.
1636088
Umm, I'm pretty sure you can. You mean as transferring data or using it as a second memory saver?
2130493
Its not a esata connection so you can't use laptop drive either.. Look up msata.. Thats what you need
1477596
Yes very easily. Open the hard drive file letter your hard drive is connected to example computer/a then drag that file to this letter. Etc Etc
1211444
No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
1546701
I wouldn't do that. I'd use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your drive first. If you can.
289965
You sure can, there is no need to format the drives before installing. I bought this to take my two drives from an old desktop that had died, each that had plenty of data, and had it up and running with my new laptop in no time at all with full access to all of the old data. I've now used this with both Windows XP and Windows 8 without any issues, and have since swapped in a new drive from another old desktop.
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Not that I am aware of. I just use it to transfer files as needed then disconnect it.
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As long as your machine has a Firewire 800 port you should be okay. What matters is the hardware you are using and not the operating system. You can just drag and drop files to the WD, but I use Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper to automate my backups.