Can I just put any Laptop hard drive into another laptop

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I have two HP laptops. One of the laptops has a 500gb hard drive. The other has a 32gb. I want to put the 500gb hard drive into the laptop with the 32gb hard drive
 
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Most likely no because that 32gb hdd is probably ide and not sata. Only very old hdds are that small. If you have laptop models, I could check to make sure. Keep in mind, you'd also need to do a clean install of windows.
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Most likely no because that 32gb hdd is probably ide and not sata. Only very old hdds are that small. If you have laptop models, I could check to make sure. Keep in mind, you'd also need to do a clean install of windows.
 
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That 32GB drive is either very, very old, or an embedded eMMC drive.
Neither of which are interchangeable with a regular laptop size drive in a current system.

What is the make/model of the system with the 32GB drive?
 
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A "new" laptop with a 32GB drive is almost certainly an eMMC drive, in a little netbook/notebook thing.
Not changeable, and there is no connection for a regular HDD or SSD.

"almost certainly", awaiting details on the make/model.
 
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