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What is true about moving a hard drive from a non-working computer to a working computer for the purposes of accessing the data on the drive?
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For the Purpose of Accessing Data On The Drive
The reason for the non-working computer must be some problem other than the hard drive which must still be functional. When the working computer failed, it should not have been in the process of writing to the hard drive, otherwise the data on the hard drive may have been corrupted.
The working computer must have an available interface connection compatible with the hard drive or some sort of adapter may be required to attach it. The hard drive must be formatted in a manner compatible with what the working computer can physically read. If it was formatted for a non-windows system such as a unix or linux, their is a good chance that Windows alone will not be able to see or handle the drive. Linux should have no problem with a Windows file structure. The computer must also have software able to retrieve and process the data on the hard drive, especially if it is a database.
Moving the system drive to the working machine
Moving a Windows system drive to another machine may be a problem if the machines don't have identical system configuration. and hardware. A windows installation results in the needed drivers being installed and no others. There is a good chance the moved drive may not boot at all and it may require a system reinstallation. Linux systems don't have this kind of problem.
If you are transferring a working had drive to another machine and the transferring drive is the one that has the original operating system on (from the non functioning machine) then be aware that might have its operating system (i.e. Windows) under and OEM agreement. This will mean that the broken machine and its drive came as the contracted package and taking the drive over to another machine is now in effect breach of that agreement. This causes issues when the the operating system launches on the new machine and is set to "phone home" to ensure that its a legal application. The details of the new machine will be different and therefore tells the OEM licence owner that its in a differing machine. It will allow it to function for about 90 days before the licence will default and stop functioning.
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