Laptop-HDD to PC

rajini_78 · Jan 6, 2014

Hello all,
My 7 yr old dell inspiron 6400 laptop is not booting (previously extremely very slow in booting), so I removed the laptop's HDD (Model No.: HM160JI), 160 GB, SATA, rpm-5400) and tried to connect to my desktop. What I did is I connected the power cable and data cable of DVD ROM to laptop HDD. Then I tried to boot, but it is not booting. I also changed boot menu such that my desktop can only boot from internal HDD of desktop (not laptop-HDD), but still not booting. I also tried to plug when desktop is running, still no use. In BIOS set up it is showing laptop’s HDD correctly. But my PC is not detecting laptop-HDD as an external storage drive.
Is my connections correct? I have one 1TB ext. drive. It has a socket to connect eSATA HDD via a cable (I don’t have eSATA to SATA cable). But laptop HDD is SATA. Will it work if use eSATA to SATA cable?
Please help me what to do.
Thanks, Raja.
Laptop HDD has C and D drive (c+d=160 GB). C drive has Windows Vista. My desktop is Windows 7.

elmo2006 · Jan 6, 2014

rajini_78 :

What is the purpose/intent of attempting to boot with the old laptop HDD in your desktop? There hardware between the two are dissimilar which gives reason as to why it is not working.

lonewolf7 · Jan 6, 2014

If you have a bootable media(DVD/USB), then try to format and clean install the OS of the Lappy's HDD.

Put back the drive into Lappy, then do the format. Hopefully it will solve the problem of slow booting.

rajini_78 · Jan 6, 2014

Hi,
Main purpose is to copy all data to mt desktop before my laptop dies! To start using my desktop PC i need to boot!!!
Mother board is Asus M5A88-M ACPI, Processor is AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Pro, Speed:3.6 GHz (but my laptop is dell inspiron 6400, may be you all know about its configuration, intel dual core). Today I checked but not even showing my laptop HDD in BIOS setup!!
Thanks for your help, Regards, Raja.
Without laptop HDD my desktops works as usual fine. But when i attach my laptop HDD to desktop (via SATA cabe of DVD ROM) not booting..if it boots then laptop hdd is showing in 'My Computer'!!! please help

elmo2006 · Jan 6, 2014

rajini_78 :

Hi...

You mentioned that your system board has an esata connection so theoretically you should be able to connect the HDD via esata just like you would with an external usb drive.

OR...

I always recommend that the user download an Ubuntu Live CD/DVD.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN I SAY MOUNT, I AM REFERRING TO THE LOGICAL ATTACHMENT OF THE DRIVE THROUGH UBUNTU, NOT THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION OF THE DRIVE. ONE SHOULD NEVER PHYSICALLY CONNECT A HDD TO A LIVE SYSTEM.

This way you can boot off the CD/DVD and then mount the HDD in question via Ubuntu. If the drive mounts and you can read the data, then create a temp folder on the good drive called OLD HDD and copy the contents. Once the data has been verified, then you can format the old drive via Ubuntu or delete the partition. However please ensure that you are destroying the correction HDD and not the good system drive.

rajini_78 · Jan 6, 2014

Ohhh, is it possible to work in windows it selff!! ANy way in future I plan to use ubuntu. but not during copying data!! I just need to copy data from Laptop hdd to desktop.!!!

elmo2006 · Jan 6, 2014

rajini_78 :

Yes it will. I had both Windows 7 and 8 running via esata.

Reasons for Using a LiveCD Session
LiveCD sessions are good to:

1. give a 'demo' session on a machine before installing or upgrading
2. checks hardware works as expected
3. check the look & feel of the distro
4. repair or preparation for awkward installations
5. epair/replace/install grub perhaps after (re)installing Windows
6. fix Windows problems on a machine that doesn't have a dual-boot
7. anti-virus problems on a Windows system
8. data recovery
9. resizing partitions to give Ubuntu more (or less) room
10. adding a new partition(s) to your hard-drive for other distros or for a new Windows
11. preparing a machine for installing Ubuntu, if you are shy of using default or automatic settings or if the hardware is too unique or awkward
12. 'showing off' Ubuntu to people on their own machine
13. using on a random computer where access is limited
14. a familiar desktop environment on an unfamiliar machine
15. safely using a computer which seems to have poor security or lacks privacy. This is particularly good if you have a Usb stick or something to save your data and settings on (see 'persistent image')

LiveCDs are designed for people that want to use Ubuntu on a computer for a few hours. If you want to carry a LiveCD around with you, a persistent image lets you customise your live session.

rajini_78 · Jan 7, 2014

Hmm will try tonight! But I am not going to use Laptop hdd after copying its data to desktop pc!
Thanks, Raja.
But why my desktop PC not detecting laptop hdd???Will it work if i use sata to esata cable (I have external hdd which has esata socket. Also laptop hdd has sata slot)??? I only need to buy the cable (300 rupees i guess).

elmo2006 · Jan 7, 2014

rajini_78 :

Please, there is no need to purchase cables unless you really need to.

rajini_78 · Jan 8, 2014

Hello,
I cannot see the laptop HDD in bios setup!!! But as you susggested, I inserted the USB stick (it has ubuntu) and selected the booting option to boot from USB stick, thinking that I can read data from laptop hdd, eventhough the laptop hdd did not show up on the boot menu or in bios setup. But unfortunately I get error a msg-NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart.
For the past 2 days when I plugged the laptop hdd I get some sound (like clock clock....some rotating sound)...but today it is not making any sound!!! Is my hdd is dead??? how to rectify it?? Is it advisable to open and check?? Or if at all hdds are reparable??
Thanks, Raja.

elmo2006 · Jan 8, 2014

rajini_78 :

If the old HDD is clicking or clocking then the HDD is failing or has failed altogether - proof of this is that it is no longer registering within the system. There really is no way of repairing the drive but you can attempt to have the professionals perform a data recovery however that is very expensive.
Seagate In-Lab Data Recovery Services are needed when data is lost due to hard drive physical failure. Send us your drive for an in-lab evaluation. Recovery fees start at US $399 and will go up from there depending how much is required to recover.

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