Hey everyone,
I'm making this thread in regards to the possibility of reusing my laptop drives as backup drives for my custom PC. The reason why I ask is because my current laptop has a 2TB HDD and another older laptop (which I plan to throw away soon) has a working 640GB HDD (This laptop is about 4 years old but went out of use a few years ago). Now for my current laptop, I feel like it should have an SSD (maybe a Crucial MX300 525GB) to operate faster as current boot times are pretty long, even though the laptop itself is 1.5 years old.
Is it recommended to put laptop drives in a desktop PC be it through a direct connection with the motherboard or making them compatible as external hard drives? Would it be recommended to have an actual external or internal drive that's already made for desktop PCs instead? Also, what is the best way of transferring files (including Windows 10) from the old HDD to the new SSD?
Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance
I'm making this thread in regards to the possibility of reusing my laptop drives as backup drives for my custom PC. The reason why I ask is because my current laptop has a 2TB HDD and another older laptop (which I plan to throw away soon) has a working 640GB HDD (This laptop is about 4 years old but went out of use a few years ago). Now for my current laptop, I feel like it should have an SSD (maybe a Crucial MX300 525GB) to operate faster as current boot times are pretty long, even though the laptop itself is 1.5 years old.
Is it recommended to put laptop drives in a desktop PC be it through a direct connection with the motherboard or making them compatible as external hard drives? Would it be recommended to have an actual external or internal drive that's already made for desktop PCs instead? Also, what is the best way of transferring files (including Windows 10) from the old HDD to the new SSD?
Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance