Remove hard drive


  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7
       #1

    Remove hard drive


    I have a laptop that I知 giving away. The person I知 giving it to had an SSD drive to install in it. It痴 Windows 10

    If I remove the drive will my documents be able to be read an another laptop. ?

    I知 aiming to use it as a storage drive.
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  2. Posts : 4,594
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2

    It should.
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  3. Posts : 14,076
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #3

    Yes, all that is needed is an adapter depending upon the type of drive. Some are cables with power supplies and some are External USB Cases. Once your data is retrieved the drive can be repartitioned and formatted to use for storage.
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    That痴 great. May thanks
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  5. Posts : 8,132
    windows 10
       #5

    You wont be able to gain access to a lot until you take ownership of folders as they will be owned by the other users SID
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  6. Posts : 4,594
    Windows 10 Pro
       #6

    Better to be safe, do you have a usb stick you can copy everything to before you take the drive out ?

    I mean if you don`t have a ton of stuff to move.
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  7. Posts : 6
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hi. I am the user of the SID but I will back it up to a USB drive as you suggest. Thanks
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