Windows 10: Swapping Hard Drives Between Different Brand Laptops

Discus and support Swapping Hard Drives Between Different Brand Laptops in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have a Toshiba Satellite with a bad motherboard dropped. I cloned the drive to an SSD and placed it in a new HP. In the Bluetooth devices section,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by tapndog, Nov 6, 2020.

  1. tapndog Win User

    Swapping Hard Drives Between Different Brand Laptops


    I have a Toshiba Satellite with a bad motherboard dropped. I cloned the drive to an SSD and placed it in a new HP. In the Bluetooth devices section, the 2 devices are still listed but I cannot pair them nor can I delete them. I have also tried using a BT dongle with no results. My guess is the HP motherboard doesn't like some entries on the Toshiba HD not compatible between manufacturer's software Can I do a factory reset or reinstall Windows to resolve this problem or will I run into other snags during the process?

    :)
     
    tapndog, Nov 6, 2020
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    I have a windows 10 laptop, its a hp 15 notebook pc, my mom has an older hp pavillion laptop, not sure on model number but its running windows 7, Im wondering if it is possible to swap hard drives and have both laptops run fine. If not what do I need to
    do in order to make the swap work?
     
    redneckryan1240, Nov 6, 2020
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    When I said the changing of the hard drive is allowed I mean the physical swap...... Windows from one will not run nor would be licensed even if it did run. The OEM Windows license that came with the computer stays with that computer.

    Rob - SpiritX
     
    SpiritX MS MVP, Nov 6, 2020
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  4. dawei Win User

    Swapping Hard Drives Between Different Brand Laptops

    Hard drive swap, different connections

    I tried to hook up my old hard drive to a newer mobo, but the hard drive doesn't have the SATA cable (i think that's what it's called). Instead it only has a connection that looks similar to the CDROM data cable.

    I found a spot on the mobo to put it and it seemed like it would work, but when i turn on the computer it starts to boot up, then resets after about 10 seconds (well before it boots windows). Then as its booting up after the reset, it does it again at the same place.

    It obviously recognizes the drive; if i boot up without it connected at all it stops me after only a few seconds saying there is no hard drive.

    But why doesn't it boot up completely?

    (by the way this is for a different system than the one i have the specs listed for to the left)
     
    dawei, Nov 6, 2020
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