Windows 10: Used hard disk in another laptop?

Howdy,
my brother got a pc for his birthday a few days ago to replace his laptop Since the present was from my other brother, he thought that he has a hard disk in his laptop and therefore doesn't have to buy a new one. So he just put the hard disk of his laptop into the PC. Now I got his laptop without a hard disk and by chance I have an old hard disk from my old laptop lying around which I built into this laptop.
Now it's like this: The laptop is from Acer and my old hard disk was in a Sony Vaio model. When I switch on the Acer laptop with the hard drive from the Sony laptop, not only all my data is on it, but also problems I had on my old laptop. For example, the WLAN doesn't work and there are other things that just don't fit on my hard drive.

Q: What can I do to make the hard drive "adapt" to the Acer laptop without deleting Windows?
I don't have a Win installation CD or a USB stick large enough for the Win 10 installation media.

What possibilities do I have and what are the consequences?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

:)

 

Laptop hard drive upgrade

To replace a hard drive on a laptop is a little more troublesome than a desktop. 1st as most people here suggest you will need some sort of a backup disk just in case. Also be sure when buying the new Hard Disk is compatible with your model. And i would strongly suggest you install a new system and start from scratch because there are far too many problems that can occur when transferring system files.

 

External Hard disk contents are not visible.

Hi Pranoti,

For us to narrow down your concern with your external hard disk, we would like to know the following:

• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue (e.g., updates, software installation)?
• To make sure that we have not missed on anything, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Do you hear any clicking sound when connecting your hard disk?

In the meantime, we suggest that you update all your device driver.

We look forward to your response.

 

Hard disk partition not showing up.

Hi Muhammad,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



This can happen if the Hard-disk drivers are not up-to date. I would suggest you to update the hard disk drivers first. To update the drivers, please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Open Device manager.
   
2. Then Expand “Disk drives”.
   
3. Then Right click on the Hard-disk listed under this category.
   
4. Then click on Update drivers.
   
5. Alternatively you can also try to update the drivers from manufacturer’s website.
   

Once the hard-disk drivers are updated, you will need to allocate the last partition (it is not allocated according to the screenshot) and you will be able to view the partition.



Also note that sometimes the hard disk partitions/drives might be hidden in This PC or My Computer window due to a Registry key. If a DWORD with the name NoViewOnDrive or NoDrives is present under following key in Registry Editor:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

Delete the DWORD and your drives will become visible in My Computer window.



Hope this helps.