Can I format my HDD to another laptop?

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Christophe

So, I had this laptop. Which BIOS has been locked and I can't format the Hard drive. It keeps restarting and restarting. If so, Can I format the laptop's HDD to my another laptop? Different brands? Acer and Toshiba. I can't find the CMOS battery on the laptop so I can't short circuit it. Thanks for the help!

Answer
you just open the cover of hard-drive and pull it out. then you can insert it to another laptop or on a PC .... if you want to use a PC to format it ... perhaps you need a portable hard disk drive cover with a USB cable then you can use it as an external hard disk.(because the connectors of PC and Laptop are not the same connectors) then it's the easiest part of job to format it.
after all you shall insert it to your laptop and close it's cover again .
it's very easy .... be sure.

Portable HD turns on,but can't be detected anywhere on my PC!?

Indian Hip

Hey there guys! I have a Toshiba 250 GB portable hard drive.When I connect it with a USB cable,the power light comes on,but there's no sign of it anywhere on the PC.Not in My computer,not in device manager,nor in the disk management section!

However,when I connect it,there's a small slight sound that comes like small clicks,and they keep going on like one click per second.

Any ideas :)?

Answer
Regular clicks like that normally means the drive has died, you will have to get another one, if you have a lot of information on the drive its probably gone, but you could try to give the HDD a firm tap, sometimes it gives enough time for you to open the drive and get some of the more important things off. Lift the drive up and listen to it can you hear the drive running or is it only the ticking noise.

Bad news sorry

RR

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