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I just wondered if it is possible to unplug a dynamic disk (hard drive) and plug it into another computer?
The reason I ask is that one of my HDDs with Windows on it is about to fail, and I don't want to install Windows on another HDD and find that I can't access the data on the other dynamic disks because of some sort of technique that I missed.
schuhmi2
Posted 2011-10-27T10:49:05.167
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1You should plug in a new drive, clone the failing drive, then replace it with the new drive. Installing it on another computer at this point is just asking for problems, hopeful you already have a recent backup, incase this procedure fails. – Ramhound – 2011-10-27T12:12:59.777
Don't know if this matters, but it likely won't boot in another computer so either boot to a Live CD and copy the files from that or do as Ramhound suggests and clone the drive ASAP. – jmreicha – 2011-10-27T13:23:19.017
1sorry guys, but that wasnt the question. Since the system had failed and the other disks in the system were dynamic, I wanted to know if I can take the good dynamic disks can connect them to another computer or new install. These good disks are not hosting OS'es, just data. – schuhmi2 – 2011-10-31T10:09:30.733