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06-27-2017 12:07 AM
Thanks. May i ask if the hard drive has an OS on it and i'd like to take files off it but when i plug it into a laptop via usb dock and it says i need to format it, can i use the checkdisk to bypass that? And will it keep the files + Os in shape?
06-27-2017 12:15 AM
> I found this ... but on amazon the measurements are wrong but the same product?
That web-page lists:
Expension Slots:
- (x2) PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x4 mode)
- (x2) PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Bad spelling!
Check the back-panel on your current motherboard, to see if the external slot for a PCI-E video-card is compatible with the new motherboard.
In this picture, there are 4 "filler" tabs to the right of the yellow-black-triangle marker.
Remove one, to make room for the "spine" of your PCI-E video-card.
06-27-2017 09:02 AM
> If the hard drive has an OS on it and i'd like to take files off it but when i plug it into a laptop via usb dock and it says i need to format it?
First, disconnect the disk-drive from that dock, and then try again to connect it.
Otherwise, when the laptop reads the first few records from the disk-drive it has determined that what it read is *NOT* correctly structured to match what the layout of bytes should be present in a properly "formatted" disk-drive.
CHKDSK cannot fix that problem.
Instead, you will need a "recovery" program, that reads the entire disk-drive, sector by sector, and like a box-full of loose jigsaw puzzle pieces, will try to join & merge those sectors into "files" and "folders" that can selectively be copied onto the laptop's disk-drive.
06-27-2017 11:48 PM - edited 06-27-2017 11:51 PM
> so the OS would be fine as it was before my mobo decided to break..?
Hopefully, the short answer is YES.
It is unlikely that you somehow damaged the disk-drive when removing it from the computer -- but still possible.
Compare to a cook-book full of recipes, but you have damaged the Table Of Contents at the front of the book.
While the book now is less than 100% readable, you may flip through it, slowly, page-by-page, to find a recipe,
even when "direct-access" to the specific page, via the Table Of Contents, no longer is possible.
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