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canetoad

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4. Yep

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:57 PM

Nov 19

Frequently. Either in an HDD case or in a drive dock which makes them pretty easy to swap around, because there's nothing to open.

Something I've noted is that the external HDD cases fail with regularity while the drive inside is still good and can be moved to another enclosure with ease.

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Removing a hard drive? [View all] grumpyduck Nov 19 OP

You typically can't just shift a drive and expect the software to work Abnredleg Nov 19 #1

I have done it and it worked fine Kali Nov 19 #2

It has been a while, but I recall booting off an external drive and copying data from the internal drive. usonian Nov 19 #3

Yep canetoad Nov 19 #4

If the hard drive is encrypted ItsjustMe Nov 19 #5

One doesn't actually need an external case. This is what I use ... El-Capitan Nov 21 #6