Pteroduck Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 can i rip my laptop's HD and put it into my gaming pc to back it up?or will it fry the drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 Nope, that's what I do every month! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 so i have to back it up manually, like i cant pull the hard drive out and put it into my rig to back it up on another drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 so i have to back it up manually, like i cant pull the hard drive out and put it into my rig to back it up on another drive? Sure you can, just make sure the bios is not set to boot from it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 it wont fry the drive or anything? im scared cause im plugging it into an actual psu and not a battery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 it wont fry the drive or anything? im scared cause im plugging it into an actual psu and not a battery No prob, I use laptop hd,s in desktops quite a bit, never had a problem, they run the same volts as a desktop hd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 oh ok thanks man! im just making sure cause i'd hate to have mine die on me just right after buying it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 oh ok thanks man! im just making sure cause i'd hate to have mine die on me just right after buying it why don't you just network your pc,s, that way you can transfer your data without removing any parts at all and it would be much easier to do on a regular basis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 oh ok thanks man! im just making sure cause i'd hate to have mine die on me just right after buying it why don't you just network your pc,s, that way you can transfer your data without removing any parts at all and it would be much easier to do on a regular basis. Yeah but if it's a big backup...the extra minute or so to remove and install the drive into his desktop will be far more welcome then the MANY extra minutes of transfer time over the network instead of SATA/USB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 i tried it, its soooo slow.... oh when i plug it in, i want to take a system image of only that drive. not my whole drive, any ideas? its basically so i have a restore point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 i tried it, its soooo slow.... oh when i plug it in, i want to take a system image of only that drive. not my whole drive, any ideas? its basically so i have a restore point you should use a image backup program, I use macrium reflect, mainly because it's free and it works well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 oh ok thanks man! im just making sure cause i'd hate to have mine die on me just right after buying it why don't you just network your pc,s, that way you can transfer your data without removing any parts at all and it would be much easier to do on a regular basis. Yeah but if it's a big backup...the extra minute or so to remove and install the drive into his desktop will be far more welcome then the MANY extra minutes of transfer time over the network instead of SATA/USBGigabit Ethernet is faster than 99.9% of all laptop hard drives. Do it over a (wired) network. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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