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people are buying laptops because laptops hard drives have maximum capacity they can easily upgraded . and specially they are more portable
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What is the hard drive on a laptop?
The hard drive on a laptop is the same thing as the hard drive in a desktop, only smaller in size. The hard drive stores all your documents, music, videos and software.
How should I decide between a laptop or a desktop?
They both have their ups and downs. A laptop is better for mobility, but you also lose some storage. The desktop has more storage, but you cannot move it. I would go with a laptop because you can always get an external hard drive or a USB flash drive.
How do you get files off of a laptop after disassembling it?
You can connect the laptop hard drive directly to your desktop and get your files back.
Are the hard drives for laptops the same for Desktop computers?
Laptop hard drives are very similar to desktop hard drives, indeed they work in exactly the same way and even use the same interfaces. However laptop hard drives are designed to be much smaller (2 inches as opposed to 3.5) and draw less power than desktop hard drives. As a result laptop hard drives are usually much slower in terms of data transfer and have much smaller storage capacity than a desktop hard drive of the same year manufacture. With an adapter it is possible to use a laptop hard drive in a desktop computer, and if mounted externally it is also possible to use a desktop hard drive on a laptop.
What does a Laptop Hard drive do?
A laptop hard drive fills the same function a hard drive in a desktop computer does. Which is to store all the information on the computer. This includes documents, pictures, video files and programs, including the operating system.
Can the hard drive be recovered if the cooling fan on a Dell laptop quit and now it won't boot windows?
You'll have to remove the hard drive from the laptop and connect it to another working computer, laptop or desktop PC. You can use IDE adapter for laptop hard drives - for connecting it to a desktop computer. You can use external USB enclosure for laptop hard drives for connecting it either to a desktop or laptop computer. You'll find instructions for removing the hard drive in Dell service manuals, they are available for download from the Dell website. Follow links for more information about IDE adapter and external USB enclosure.
Full form of hdd?
HDD is an abbreviation for Hard Disk Drive.
How do laptop hard drives differ from desktop hard drives?
In other words, is it correct to say that if you are talking about an external hard drive with a USB connector. you can use it for either a desktop or laptop? Yes but no at the same time... Both of the Hard drives work exactly the same but the destop Drive(3.5") is larger than the Laptop hard drive.(Ranges between 1" and 2.5")
Where is your hard drive?
Typically, hard drives are mounted in the front of a desktop PC and somewhere on the underside of a laptop. External hard drives will be wherever you place them.
Can you use a brand new laptop hard drive instead of a brand new desktop hard drive when building a computer?
If they are both SATA, then you can. Laptop hard drives usually require less power but in the same time they do not perform as well as desktop counterparts. If you have SSD that is laptop size (2.5') you will even see improvement. 2.5 SSDs are used for both desktops and laptops.
Do you need a different kind of a Hard Drive in order to play FPS games without installing them onto your laptop or desktop?
No.
How do you transfer a afile from a laptop to a desktop?
It depends on how large the file is, if it is small enough just email it to yourself and save it on your desktop. If it is larger you can use a usb jump drive or an external hard drive to get the job done.
