Windows 10: Can you connect an internal hard disk to another PC without removing the disk?

I have an old iMac that runs Windows 7, but while i was trying to install Windows 10, i accidentally converted the disk to 'Dynamic' mode in Disk Management, and all my partitions other than Windows 7 were converted to RAW file format. I need to recover these as they have important data on them, but all the third-party solutions I have been recommended don't support Windows 7. Any suggestions for ways I can connect my computer to my other PC running Windows 11 to recover the data or any software that supports Windows 7 would be great.

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No drive found on my internal hard disk on Dell Latitude E5430.

Hello,My laptop (Dell Latitude E5430) was working perfectly till yesterday. But yesterday night, it restarted on its own and ever since, it's stuck at this screen:



Also, inside the BIOS, no UEFI bootable hard disk drive is being listed.



The UEFI flash disk option shown above is that of my bootable pen drive with Windows 10 installation copy.I googled this issue a bit and the results were as follows:

1. one thread suggested that I should run Dell's internal diagnostics to see if there anything wrong with hard disk. I did that but every component, including the hard disk one, passed these internal test.
   
   
2. a second thread suggested that I should try to remove and reseat the hard disk. I did that following Dell's user manual.
3. another thread suggested that I should reinstall my windows 10 afresh. But when I try to do so, the windows installation wizard doesn't list any drive in the hard disk. It's as if it doesn't detect hard disk at all.
   
   

In a nutshell, while the hard disk is being detected, but none of its drives is. However, the hard disk consisted of 3 drives:

1. C: with the windows' and applications' installations,
2. D: with all of my data,
3. E: which was recovery drive.

Any troubleshooting suggestions?I'm sorry I am not able to help you guys with any logs and stuff because I don't know how to get them when I can't get my Windows to boot. I'm not even sure if this is the correct section where I should be posting this thread.. I'm just so confused right now. *cry

A few weeks ago, I had upgraded (not fresh installation) from windows 10 version 1607 to 20H2. The version 1607 installation was a clean one (from scratch, after formatting the hard disk and creating new partitions).

 

Motherboard Support Maximum Hard Disk

Respected Sir / Madam,

My Pc Installed 160Gb Internal Hard Disk.

My Pc Specifications -

Ddr2, 2Gb Ram

Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo

Motherboard Hp Narmada TG33MK

Hard Disk WD 160GB, 7200Rpm

I Want To Change My Hard Disk.

I Want To Remove It And Put A New "Hard Disk" Of "2TB" In It.

Doing This Will Not Cause Any Problem In My Cpu?????

Please Suggestions.

 

Remove spare hard disk as system disk

Thank you for your reply.

There's a possibility that your HDD was detected as OS drive during the Windows installation. To remove your HDD as system disk, we suggest reformatting it. To do so, please follow the steps below:

• Open Disk Management.
• Right-click on your HDD, then select Format.
• On the Format windows, type your preferred Volume label,
  File system (NTFS is recommended), Allocation unit size (leave as Default).
• Check the Perform a quick format option, then click
  OK.

Note: Please back up your files before reformatting the drive.

Feel free to post back should you need further help.