Put laptop hardrive in desktop but it's not reading iy

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Apollo91

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My laptop screen recently stopped working so I took out the hardrive and placed it in a desktop, I've done this before with a different laptop hardrive and it worked but with this one it's not reading the hardrive at all
 
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First, reboot computer to BIOS/UEFI. Check to see that the drive is seen here. If it isn't, double check your cabling. If still not seen, there's a possibility that the reason your laptop screen went out is because the drive went bad.
If drive is seen in BIOS/UEFI, use the boot priority to boot from it. If you get error messages about bootmgr or no OS being found, see if you can connect the drive using the SATA-to-USB converter/adapter that external drive enclosures use (you'll see them if you open up the external drive enclosure).
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First, reboot computer to BIOS/UEFI. Check to see that the drive is seen here. If it isn't, double check your cabling. If still not seen, there's a possibility that the reason your laptop screen went out is because the drive went bad.
If drive is seen in BIOS/UEFI, use the boot priority to boot from it. If you get error messages about bootmgr or no OS being found, see if you can connect the drive using the SATA-to-USB converter/adapter that external drive enclosures use (you'll see them if you open up the external drive enclosure).
 
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The laptop drive is a secondary drive?
 
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