harddrvie

STEELERGLENN · 10-01-2007, 06:57 PM

can i take a hard drive from a gateway laptop and put it in a toshiba laptop? its the same model hard drive as the toshiba old one

AdmnPower · 10-01-2007, 09:18 PM

sure, if the gateway hard drive has windows on it, it will probably have to be reinstalled as it will blue screen on start up. Speaking about the sheer hardware aspect it should work just fine.

STEELERGLENN · 10-01-2007, 09:51 PM

i did put it in but the thing just sits there. i cant even get it into safe mode it goes to the screen were it ask you to go into safe mode, last known configuration etc. one i choose ether one it just sits there for hours and nothing happens

AdmnPower · 10-01-2007, 09:53 PM

yeah, your operating system won't run because it's looking for all of the hardware from the gateway, the only thing you can do is re-install windows. In addition you probably can't legally use that copy of windows because odd's are its the non-transferable copy that came on the gateway computer. they like to screw you over like that.

[-0MEGA-] · 10-01-2007, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by STEELERGLENN

i did put it in but the thing just sits there. i cant even get it into safe mode it goes to the screen were it ask you to go into safe mode, last known configuration etc. one i choose ether one it just sits there for hours and nothing happens

You wont be able to boot off that drive, you would need to re-install Windows on it.

10-01-2007, 06:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
STEELERGLENN Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 70	harddrvie can i take a hard drive from a gateway laptop and put it in a toshiba laptop? its the same model hard drive as the toshiba old one

10-01-2007, 09:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
AdmnPower VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,379	sure, if the gateway hard drive has windows on it, it will probably have to be reinstalled as it will blue screen on start up. Speaking about the sheer hardware aspect it should work just fine. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 ghz 4 gig DDR 2 800 Sapphire Radeon 3870 X2 250 gig Seagate Barracuda Windows Vista

10-01-2007, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
STEELERGLENN Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 70	ok i did put it in but the thing just sits there. i cant even get it into safe mode it goes to the screen were it ask you to go into safe mode, last known configuration etc. one i choose ether one it just sits there for hours and nothing happens

10-01-2007, 09:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
AdmnPower VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,379	yeah, your operating system won't run because it's looking for all of the hardware from the gateway, the only thing you can do is re-install windows. In addition you probably can't legally use that copy of windows because odd's are its the non-transferable copy that came on the gateway computer. they like to screw you over like that. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 ghz 4 gig DDR 2 800 Sapphire Radeon 3870 X2 250 gig Seagate Barracuda Windows Vista

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