A friend has two different laptops with what I think to be dead HDDs. This coming from the information I have received. Laptop 1 is a Dell (not sure the model) when powered on shows message saying "no boot device". Laptop 2 is a gateway (again not sure the model) the gateway logo will come up and then the system restarts.
If in fact the HDDs are dead in both systems could it be possible that I could copy the recovery portion from one of the drives to a new HDD? Or if nothing else use the OS recovery from one of the laptops to install the windows OS into the new HDD?
I have an adapter that will allow me to connect a HDD to USB in case there is not a way i can connect a second HDD to one of the laptops.
Also could it be possible for me to remove the dvd drive, plug in a SATA cable from the HDD to where the DVD drive connects and the use the power source for the adapter to supply power to the HDD? This would only be considered an option if for some reason the adapter will not work through the USB port.
I am trying to find a fix for my friend who does not have the money for a windows OS disk, or the funds for one at the moment. Files are not important at this point only working.
If in fact the HDDs are dead in both systems could it be possible that I could copy the recovery portion from one of the drives to a new HDD? Or if nothing else use the OS recovery from one of the laptops to install the windows OS into the new HDD?
I have an adapter that will allow me to connect a HDD to USB in case there is not a way i can connect a second HDD to one of the laptops.
Also could it be possible for me to remove the dvd drive, plug in a SATA cable from the HDD to where the DVD drive connects and the use the power source for the adapter to supply power to the HDD? This would only be considered an option if for some reason the adapter will not work through the USB port.
I am trying to find a fix for my friend who does not have the money for a windows OS disk, or the funds for one at the moment. Files are not important at this point only working.
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