Put Boot Drive into another pc

[tob*]

Hey Guys,

Is it possible to take my current tower boot Drive (an SSD) out of my PC and install it in my old Laptop (also has a 2,5" drive) just to test how much it would boost up my laptop?

after testing i want to put it back into my tower, is all that possible without Dataloss or reinstalling anything?

 

Thanks for answering

[hardtofindinthefuture]

That is possible

And you won't loose any data (if you safely shut down the PC)

Then on the laptop go to the boot menu (usually a Fn Key, look the brand up and see what it is)

And then select the drive

 

Done!

[Guest]

Most likely not. You get bunch of problems like drivers and activation stuff. But you can try. 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

That is possible

And you won't loose any data (if you safely shut down the PC)

Then on the laptop go to the boot menu (usually a Fn Key, look the brand up and see what it is)

And then select the drive

 

Done!

Is it really that simple? I don't think I've ever used that method before. 

[hardtofindinthefuture]

2 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Most likely not. You get bunch of problems like drivers and activation stuff. But you can try. 

What are you talking about?

Ever heard of USB boot drives?

[hardtofindinthefuture]

2 hours ago, IAmLamp said:

Is it really that simple? I don't think I've ever used that method before. 

People do it all the time with linux USB boot drives

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

People do it all the time with linux USB boot drives

That's a massive difference. 

[hardtofindinthefuture]

2 hours ago, IAmLamp said:

That's a massive difference.

eh

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

What are you talking about?

Ever heard of USB boot drives?

Yes ssd is a usb...wtf

[tob*]

nono i'm talking about an SSD connected via SATA III

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, tob* said:

nono i'm talking about an SSD connected via SATA III

You can try. There should be no harm

[vorticalbox]

if you're running windows 10, like I was, I change my motherboard and cpu from a dead i3 to an 8350 Windows just updated its drivers and it worked fine.