I have a laptop hard drive that I would like to use in my new PC that I built on the cheap. Would I be able to wipe it, then install Windows 10 from a USB onto it? Or would I be better off buying a 40gb HDD from eBay and and installing Windows on that and using the laptop drive as a storage device? Thanks for any suggestions!
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SkyNetRising
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Sure. If it is standard sata drive, then no problem.
But if it's some antique pata drive, then this might be problematic.
Do you know model name of your laptop ssd?
BTW - what's the capacity of the drive. Windows 10 requires quite a lot of space for all of those updates. I wouldn't recommend anything smaller than 100GB for windows OS drive.
But if it's some antique pata drive, then this might be problematic.
Do you know model name of your laptop ssd?
BTW - what's the capacity of the drive. Windows 10 requires quite a lot of space for all of those updates. I wouldn't recommend anything smaller than 100GB for windows OS drive.
clarkjd
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As long as the laptop HDD is a SATA connected drive, You could do as you suggest and install Windows to it. The only downside i that laptop HDDs tend to be 5400 RPM and very slow. Any 40 GB HDD off of Ebay would also likely be slow (if it worked at all).
It's just a WD Blue 500gb 5400RPM HDD. It does use SATA, though. The problem I was having with it is that it's not wiping windows when I put it in the laptop to reset it, it tries to boot back into Windows on the desktop but BSODs after 10 seconds, and shows a different message every time. I know for sure that everything else works together, but the HDD is most likely the problem.
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If you already have this drive, and it is a SATA drive (as it appears to be), then use it.
It will be a bit lame being 5400 RPM, but you can use it.
During the OS install, wipe all existing partitions on it.
It will be a bit lame being 5400 RPM, but you can use it.
During the OS install, wipe all existing partitions on it.
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