- Mar 27, 2012
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i'm trying to figure out why a laptop won't boot. my hunch is it's the hard drive. it gets to the windows loading screen hangs for a while and eventually says boot device not found
i figured the easiest way to diagnose that is to try it in my desktop. i plug it in, boot up and try to load into (the desktop's) windows. even though the problematic hdd isn't the one i'm booting from, it still won't load. all of the sudden it hangs on the windows boot screen
how/why would this happen if it's not even the boot device? does that mean there's something wrong with the hard drive itself?
i'm aware a sata-to-USB connector would be ideal but i don't have access to one right now
i figured the easiest way to diagnose that is to try it in my desktop. i plug it in, boot up and try to load into (the desktop's) windows. even though the problematic hdd isn't the one i'm booting from, it still won't load. all of the sudden it hangs on the windows boot screen
how/why would this happen if it's not even the boot device? does that mean there's something wrong with the hard drive itself?
i'm aware a sata-to-USB connector would be ideal but i don't have access to one right now
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