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  • reddevil157
    DK Veteran
    • Jan 2010
    • 1427

    #1

    External hdd

    Hey guy's, I took a hd from my old lappy, it's a 2.5 ide hitachi. I bought an external caddy for it. Now, my question is, can I just plug it into my new lappy ( win 7 ) and view the content on there ? Or would there be a problem because of the os ( xp ) on the old hd ?. Would I have to format it, and lose the content that's on it ? Thank's in advance.
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  • dasteph
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    • Nov 2008
    • 1293

    #2
    Originally posted by reddevil157
    Hey guy's, I took a hd from my old lappy, it's a 2.5 ide hitachi. I bought an external caddy for it. Now, my question is, can I just plug it into my new lappy ( win 7 ) and view the content on there ? Or would there be a problem because of the os ( xp ) on the old hd ?. Would I have to format it, and lose the content that's on it ? Thank's in advance.
    yes you can view the contents of the hd or transter anything you want to save to your new laptop then format it and then use it for storage.
    Last edited by dasteph; 11 October, 2010, 19:13.
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    • reddevil157
      DK Veteran
      • Jan 2010
      • 1427

      #3
      Originally posted by dasteph
      yes you can view the contents of the hd or transter anything you want to save to your new laptop then format it and then use it for storage.
      Thank's a lot m8, appreciate it.
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