Hard Drive Problem!

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Hey guys,

Basically my laptop broke down a few days ago, I tried using the HDD from that for my desktop, It will not boot up for some reason?

I was told on previous threads it would work fine, is there any reason that it will not boot up fine and run?

If a laptop hard drive will not work, which size hard drives work fine 2.5 or 3.5"?

Any replies would be good, thanks.
 
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Are you trying to boot your desktop from the laptop drive or simply access the data from it?

Size of the drive is not relevant - the system does care what form factor the drive is.
 
Little update, when it is about to boot, comes up with this message.

Ultra dma mode-5 S.M.A.R.T capable but disabled.
 
Okay I just found the "smart" option in my bios and enabled it, it did not do anything.

The message on bootup is now - Ultra DMA Mode-5 S.M.A.R.T. Capable and status OK.

I am not sure what to do..

Also, here is a little thing to what it is showing on my monitor.

You know when you see this screen pop up.. http://gyazo.com/98e101b4d4a5be5d8e7232fcfe2906c7

I am only getting the top white bar. Not the full of that screen. Not sure what I can do to fix this.
 
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If you're trying to use the laptop HDD with its existing Windows installation in your desktop then it likely won't boot into Windows as the drivers it has installed will be completely different.

If you just want to use the laptop HDD in your desktop them you likely need a fresh installation of Windows.

If you're trying to get some data from the laptop HDD then just connect it to your desktop PC as a secondary drive.
 
You can do a fresh installation of Windows and it should work fine.

You'll need a valid Windows product key to activate it.

Activation may work online or you may have to "ring Microsoft" (an automated process).

Will you be using the Windows product key from your laptop or desktop?

OEM or retail Windows?

What's the reason you're replacing whatever is in your desktop now with the laptop HDD?
 
Alright that's great I'll do that then will I have to wipe my HDD first though? I got a lot of important stuff on there, that's the only bad thing!

I will be using from my laptop.
 
Stop before you go any further.

Wipe which HDD?

The one currently in your desktop or the one you've taken out of your laptop?

Which one has the important stuff on it?

Technically the Windows product key is tied to your laptop unless it's a retail version.
 
I don't have a hdd in my desktop the only one I have is my laptop one, this has everything I'm going to use my desktop as my laptops are completely screwed lol. What do you suggest I do?
 
I suppose the easiest option would be to connect the HDD to someone else's PC as a secondary drive and then copy what files you need from it.

Of course you'd need something to copy them to such as CD(s), DVD(s), a memory stick etc.

Do you have access to another PC?
 
Basically I got it sorted for transferring files, only bad thing is installing windows to the hdd on my desktop as I don't have a dvd drive atm as I have been upgrading but I have a disk I spose I can copy to my other laptop and put files on usb and install from that?
 
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