from one Toshiba to another

mcnowski · 10-13-2008, 01:01 PM

Yesterday I found a Toshiba satellite A210 with its screen smashed in the garbage. Everything else looked fine.

I own a Toshiba Satellite A300. My question is-

Would I be able to exchange hard drives briefly to see what was on the
A210? Then switch them back. (powering off between swap of course)
Or is it much more complicated then this?

Thanks

mcnowski · 10-13-2008, 06:48 PM

I thought this would have been an easy question for somebody out there that is in to this sort of thing???

**simpswr** · 10-14-2008, 05:16 AM

It's more complicated than switching the drives . . unless the devices are identical, it will only boot to a blue screen.

You could put the drive from the A210 in an enclosure to view it.

mcnowski · 10-14-2008, 01:53 PM

yeh, after surfing around a bit, I think this is the best option too, thanks for your imput.

**simpswr** · 10-14-2008, 02:03 PM

You can mark this thread as solved by clicking on the Thread Tools link in your first post . .

10-13-2008, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
mcnowski Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64	from one Toshiba to another Yesterday I found a Toshiba satellite A210 with its screen smashed in the garbage. Everything else looked fine. I own a Toshiba Satellite A300. My question is- Would I be able to exchange hard drives briefly to see what was on the A210? Then switch them back. (powering off between swap of course) Or is it much more complicated then this? Thanks

10-13-2008, 06:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
mcnowski Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64	Re: from one Toshiba to another I thought this would have been an easy question for somebody out there that is in to this sort of thing???

10-14-2008, 05:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,296 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: from one Toshiba to another It's more complicated than switching the drives . . unless the devices are identical, it will only boot to a blue screen. You could put the drive from the A210 in an enclosure to view it. __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

10-14-2008, 01:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
mcnowski Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64	Re: from one Toshiba to another yeh, after surfing around a bit, I think this is the best option too, thanks for your imput.

10-14-2008, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,296 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: from one Toshiba to another You can mark this thread as solved by clicking on the *Thread Tools* link in your first post . . __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?