I want to remove my HDD for security if my PC was ever stolen. Does reinstalling the main HDD require my OS boot to check like a flash drive?
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no...it will boot up if you have the drive chassie mounted...its a piece of cake...i do sugest thow...once installed you restart your computer...then your all done
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If this is going to be your hard drive that you boot your computer from, then yes it would have to be installed into your computer to operate. If you mean to pull the drive out while your system is running then no, that won't work; you would get the blue screen of death and the O/S would freeze. Your computer would have to be off, and then remove the drive. I have mine set up as a secondary drive with W2K3; I still have to shut down the system or I get that blue screen thing. Hope that helps.
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It doesn't, just the PC it self. No recovery or installation disc. Genuine windows installed.
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You are not going to use the "OLD" OS, so it doesn't matter what shape that OS is in or what motherboard it was used with. You are going to format the drive and install a brand new clean copy of Windows 7 64-bit, right? You can't just plug in the old hard drive and expect it to work, besides, that was 32 bit and you say you want 64 bit, so you HAVE to reinstall the OS? I'm unclear as to whether you want to install 64-bit Windows, or keep your old 32-bit! You can't do both! Are you sure you are qualified for this work? Actually we already know that you are not, because if you were, you wouldn't need to ask these dumb questions. Over and Out. You are not going to use the "OLD" OS, so it doesn't matter what shape that OS is in or what motherboard it was used with. You are going to format the drive and install a brand new clean copy of Windows 7 64-bit, right? You can't just plug in the old hard drive and expect it to work, besides, that was 32 bit and you say you want 64 bit, so you HAVE to reinstall the OS? I'm unclear as to whether you want to install 64-bit Windows, or keep your old 32-bit! You can't do both! Are you sure you are qualified for this work? Actually we already know that you are not, because if you were,... » Read More You are not going to use the "OLD" OS, so it doesn't matter what shape that OS is in or what motherboard it was used with. You are going to format the drive and install a brand new clean copy of Windows 7 64-bit, right? You can't just plug in the old hard drive and expect it to work, besides, that was 32 bit and you say you want 64 bit, so you HAVE to reinstall the OS? I'm unclear as to whether you want to install 64-bit Windows, or keep your old 32-bit! You can't do both! Are you sure you are qualified for this work? Actually we already know that you are not, because if you were, you wouldn't need to ask these dumb questions. Over and Out. « Show Less
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This SSD comes completely wiped you can put any OS you want in it as long as you know how, mine is running mac OSX
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if you have the bootable installation disk or USB, there'll be a prompt that will ask you: install the OS, restore from Time machine or enter Disk utility. Good luck!
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Yes. But it's a little tougher than you think. You need software to properly clone your boot drive. If you have multiple HDDs in your system, you need to unplug them for your initial boot so Windows will see the Solo as having your primary drive and will map it as such. It works very well. I used in my last computer and I was very happy with the performance. Just make sure you have a large enough SSD.
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None but its independent of the os so it should function like any other jump drive
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It should as it would appear as one of your HDDs in the bios which you can then select as a boot drive
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From my expreience with the hard drive, it does not back up operating systems. I have just backed up my computer this morning in response to this question and could not find the option (granted, i have a 350gb drive--not the 500--being that the two might have different abilities (I highly doubt it)).
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Hi, The hard disk drive is independent with the OS. It depends on the connection port and the standard of hardware of the computer. The best way for you is to check the old hard disk drive on your computer and buy a new one with the same specifications.
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you're referring to an OS recovery disc I assume... my guess would be no. Most PCs now a days do not include that (at least not included for no additional cost), but you should have an option to create your own using blank DVD+Rs or USB flash drive Look for the HP Recovery Manager
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Yes If you are replacing a hard drive just remove the old hard drive and put the new one in the caddy there might be screws you would have to remove and put back in.
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If you're replacing a drive, it should boot to it. Best way to find out-try it. if it doesn't boot, go into biosand make necessary change. You can always use F8 key to select boot device too.
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yes, and when it's time to restore, you just boot to the resovery CD and it recovers everything to point in time, everything. So, if your hard drive goes dead, you just plug in a new one and boot to recovery and off you go. If you get a new PC you can recover just your data to the new PC. I think the premium version even allows you to do total restores to dissimilar hardware. BTW I just went to the site, there is a presales chat that will answer anything
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no just follow instructions, put it on drive turn off pc and back on, select boot from disk
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No. You need to have the switch on during boot. Your computer bios needs to be able to see the drive. Its not like a external usb drive. pick the drive you want to backup to before you boot.
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That question would be more if you computer supports booting up from an external drive. Any drive is just that a storage device. So this question goes to your computer not the drive you will use.