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Re: How to add new HDD to laptop
Hi, if the hard drive is dead and won't even spin, then you can't get the files off of it so easily. You would really need to take it apart at that point and if it is anything really important then take it to get professionally done. This applies for any physically malfunction the drive may have.
Some times with hard drives, cd -roms, etc. if the motor is goin that spin the disk, thenyo can sometimes get them to work for one time. I did this with an old cd-rom and I reinstalled Windows back onto that computer with the drive, I just wasnt able to let the drive stop spinning.
If there is another issue, then you may want to try booting off the OS cd.
Backing up files is only important if you care about the files, but you you have to realize you will lose everything. After you change the hard drive you will also have to reinstalle the OS again.
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