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Okay, I got a question about hard drives. I'm a noob to all the PC terms but I know a fair bit.
My 6 year old laptop, HP G62-456tu's motherboard failed last night, and on that hard drive was Photoshop, Sony Vegas, Lightroom, other Adobe Apps, photos, music and videos. I'm thinking of building a new PC and if I remove that HDD and plug it into the new system, will it have the data. If so, can you please explain how to do it. BTW there was only one drive and it is a WD3200BEVT and its 2.5". I'm sure that it connected from a SATA cable.

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Hey there, CookieTheLabrador.

As you've already mentioned - it is indeed a 2.5" SATA drive. It is SATA II Scorpio Blue HDD. BAsically if everything is OK with the drive itself, all your data should be there and should be accessible when you connect it as a secondary storage drive. On the other hand you won't be able to boot to Windows with it as the OS on that drive has been configured for different hardware.
More specifically about the programs you referred to - you might be able to run them, but in my opinion you should backup all of your personal data (videos, photos, projects, documents, etc) to a different drive and reformat that HDD so that there's no trace left of your old OS and its partitions. After that go ahead and...
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Hey there, CookieTheLabrador.

As you've already mentioned - it is indeed a 2.5" SATA drive. It is SATA II Scorpio Blue HDD. BAsically if everything is OK with the drive itself, all your data should be there and should be accessible when you connect it as a secondary storage drive. On the other hand you won't be able to boot to Windows with it as the OS on that drive has been configured for different hardware.
More specifically about the programs you referred to - you might be able to run them, but in my opinion you should backup all of your personal data (videos, photos, projects, documents, etc) to a different drive and reformat that HDD so that there's no trace left of your old OS and its partitions. After that go ahead and reinstall those programs from scratch so that hey are configured with the new installation of Windows.

This is the best way to avoid any conflicts with the programs/apps and the OS.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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CookieTheLabrador

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Hey, BoogieMan,
I can't back up or format the disk as I can't turn the laptop on. The motherboard's DC adapter is fried so I can't do anything. Also, I don't have the programs, I moved house recently and have lost my codes and CDs so yeah. Also, I have a Windows 7 product key, if I download Windows 7 on a bootable usb and put the product key in, would the os work. BTW, the laptop was running Windows 10.

Thanks for the help
 
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About the backup, I meant once you assemble your new build and connect the drive to your PC. Otherwise you could try connecting it to a different computer now - either externally (via a SATA to USB adapter, external enclosure, or a docking station) or internally via s standard SATA connection so that you can backup your data.
If you have a Windows 7 Product Key, you should be OK with a USB flash drive. Just download the correct version e.g. if the key is for Windows 7 Home Premium - go ahead with that version, if it's for Windows 7 Ultimate - download that, etc.
As for your programs, you might be able to run them when the drive is connected as a secondary storage HDD, but I can't guarantee that it would work. Most of the programs' activation/product keys can be found in the Help -> about section. If not you can try getting in touch with the programs' developers, explain your situation and ask for assistance on how to find the keys.
 
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It looks like a pretty good build. If you plan on playing games, you shouldn't have anything to worry about in terms of performance. :)
Just make sure that you've checked the compatibility note on the bottom. If you have any issues with your CPU just update your BIOS/UEFI and you should be good to go.
 
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Well, you can check out this tutorial: http://www.howtogeek.com/196916/how-to-check-your-bios-version-and-update-it/.

Basically there might be something different for that process for each individual manufacturer, so it would be best if you check the motherboard's "User's manual", there should be instructions on how to update its BIOS/UEFI.
 
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