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4 minutes ago, Superrockboy57 said:

Hello i bought a laptop motherboard and I want to know if I can just unplug my main pc's SSD with windows on it and plug it into the laptop (and doing this cycle till I get a new SSD)

Technically yes, but your going to have to reinstall drivers every time you swap, and sooner or later something will go wrong and require a full reinstall. I'd suggest you just leave the SSD in whichever machine you need the most 

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4 minutes ago, Superrockboy57 said:

Hello i bought a laptop motherboard and I want to know if I can just unplug my main pc's SSD with windows on it and plug it into the laptop (and doing this cycle till I get a new SSD)

Technically yes, but your going to have to reinstall drivers every time you swap, and sooner or later something will go wrong and require a full reinstall. I'd suggest you just leave the SSD in whichever machine you need the most 

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This isn't hotswap.

Hotswap is when you swap when the PC is on.

Don't swap boot drives. Drivers will clash and you might start seeing bsods.

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Technically you can, but that's not a great idea at all. It also isn't hot swapping. 

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