Hai ppl!!!
i have another question for you all... i have a laptop hard drive on me, that the operating system crashed on, and i want to make it into an external drive
the only problem, is when i plug it in, it does not show on the hard drive list, removable storage, ext...
the drive is not dead, because if you boot the computer off of it, it tries to run windows, but it crashes...
please help... i need more computer spaceDoes it show in computer management?
Can you provide more info: USB enclosure type. enclosure USB powered or external power adapter.
Are you ATTACHING it to a laptop or desktop?
You can't run Windows from a USB drive.i have this laptop hard drive from another laptop that i have, and when its plugged into the actuall hard drive bay, it works, but when its plugged into my current laptop, you can hear it working, but windows does not recognize it as a storage device...
right now i am using a IDE - USB plug to test my drive before i get an encolusre... and this adapter works with another hard drive that i haceYou can't take a hard drive from one laptop & put it into another laptop and expect it to boot. Windows is configured to run on the laptop where it was originally installed. Don't know what kind of IDE - USB plug you have. Some don't work very well.1... i took the laptop out of the original laptop... it had OS problems
2... this adapter works perfectly with another laptop hard drive i am usingQuote from: zeroburn on July 07, 2011, 07:20:38 PM

1... i took the laptop out of the original laptop... it had OS problems
2... this adapter works perfectly with another laptop hard drive i am using

You can't take a hard drive from one laptop & put it into another laptop and expect it to boot. Windows is configured to run on the laptop where it was originally installed.

no, it should boot properly, just without drivers, from personal experience.

Wrong...
Also from personal experience.