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Discus and support I have an old hard drive from a laptop with Windows installed. I plan on using it as a... in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I'm getting a caddy to replace my current dvd drive and to expand my storage. Since i have an old unused laptop i wanna use its drive as my expanded... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/FunAnt, Jan 15, 2021.

  1. /U/FUNANT
    /u/FunAnt Win User

    I have an old hard drive from a laptop with Windows installed. I plan on using it as a...


    I'm getting a caddy to replace my current dvd drive and to expand my storage. Since i have an old unused laptop i wanna use its drive as my expanded storage. Thing is old laptop has no battery or charger so I cant log into it.

    The drive works since I can use a sata to usb wire to go into it and get old files off of it, but I wanna wipe it clean so i can use every single bite of space off it. It seems like such a waste for me to delete the genuine copy of windows off of it. Is it possible to "harvest" the activation code off of it? Do I need to boot into it to do that?

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  2. DHDUDE
    dhdude Win User

    Replacing old hard drive, need way to copy Windows installation across

    Hey Guys,
    What would be the best way of copying/imaging the entire contents of an old system drive over to a replacement hard disk for the same machine? I need to copy the Windows installations and all other data to the new drive, and then format the old drive to use as a backup.

    Any suggestions? *Smile I have an old hard drive from a laptop with Windows installed. I plan on using it as a... :)
     
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  3. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User
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  4. DIPPYSKOODLEZ
    Dippyskoodlez Win User

    I have an old hard drive from a laptop with Windows installed. I plan on using it as a...

    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    If you ghost the OS from disk to disk with the same system it should work fine. Thing is you have to GHOST the disk, including the MBR or it won't be bootable. Any other normal laptop drive should work as long as the connections the same.



    If you cannot make a backup install CD, you'll likely need to locate a windows install CD, unless you can ghost the drive. Thats pretty much your only options atm.
     
    Dippyskoodlez, Jan 15, 2021
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