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11-11-2017, 05:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2017, 05:27 AM by Herbal meds.)
Since you said you just woke up, if it's morning, good morning! When you say another enclosure, what do you mean? And do I need a power connection for the drive as well as the USB connection? I know when I looked at the drive there were two connectors one for the data and one that looked like an electrical connection. If it's short term use can it just sit on the desk long enough to get files moved off of it?
I like your USB with windows installed idea. I will probably have to go to the local repair shop and have them do it since I don't have another way of doing it myself. Would I still need to change the connection for the problematic drive to a SATA to USB connection?
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if you ready have the hard drive connected to a next desktop all you need to do
is turn the computer when windows boot up the hard drive show up open explore select computer
the hard drive should show up
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Wow! That sounds good. I will look at the video for the external hard drive. Also having a working windows 10 USB would be a great option. Thank you so very much. Definitely was depressing thinking I lost so much data and photography. A great relief to have this resolved.Thank you!
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Thanks. Your additional comments helped clarify things. Need to get a new larger USB tomorrow. I have an older laptop with windows Vista. I'm hoping I can use it to install windows 10 to the USB. It will be very slow, but that's ok. It wouldn't download Windows 10 because of the browser. Thanks
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It would be a lot easier to not use the laptop. When installing, are there any installation choices that you would recommend. I assume there are partitions. Would I have to make a choice on how large they are? Ect? Thanks.