Hey guys,
I have an old laptop that hasn't worked for years. I'm not sure if there is any data (photos, files, etc.) on it, but I'd like to check. I was going to buy a USB hard drive adapter, but it seems as though all of the big box stores had no idea what I was talking about; Best Buy had one one for $50, but that's a little too expensive; and all / most of the local computer stores are closed on Sunday. So, I'm wondering what would happen if I took the hard drive out of the laptop that I'm using now, and replaced it with the one from the computer that no longer works, just so I could transfer / upload any files to an external hard drive and/or OneDrive. Could this work? What are the chances of me f*cking up the computer that I'm on now?
I have an old laptop that hasn't worked for years. I'm not sure if there is any data (photos, files, etc.) on it, but I'd like to check. I was going to buy a USB hard drive adapter, but it seems as though all of the big box stores had no idea what I was talking about; Best Buy had one one for $50, but that's a little too expensive; and all / most of the local computer stores are closed on Sunday. So, I'm wondering what would happen if I took the hard drive out of the laptop that I'm using now, and replaced it with the one from the computer that no longer works, just so I could transfer / upload any files to an external hard drive and/or OneDrive. Could this work? What are the chances of me f*cking up the computer that I'm on now?