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Old 08-01-2008, 10:44 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: My Toshiba Hard Drive

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Originally Posted by ***81674 View Post
Someone told me that if I tried to put my laptop hard drive in another laptop or desktop it would crash because all of the hardware settings would be for my toshiba laptop. Is this true or would it make a difference? -- TRUE. That is why you need to add it and not use it as the primary drive. The best way is to use an external enclosure via USB.

Also what exactly is an external enclosure? and also how much does it cost? -- check this out:
http://www.microbarn.com/details.asp...source=froogle

Thanks for the help
EDIT:
Make sure the enclosure supports your drive. If your drive is SATA get a SATA compatible enclosure.

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