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  • Aug 5, 2012, 12:44 PM
    jlambo6
    Safe to swap hard drives? Please help!
    I have a compaq laptop that just broke, it fell and the monitor cracked, and I'm going to buy the same computer as a replacement. There are filea that I need on the broken computer, so how would I save those? Would it be safe to just put the old hard drive into the new computer?
  • Aug 5, 2012, 12:49 PM
    ScottGem
    Its unlikely you can find the same model. If you can, then yes you can swap drives. If not, I would get a drive enclosure to fit a 2.5" drive and copy the files that way. Or have the store where you buy the new laptop transfer the files to an external drive.

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