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  1. POSITIVEFL

    Trying to re-use old laptop hard disk but...

    put the HDD in the PC and get a friend to download win 7 and burn you a DVD/CD then boot with that disk and when setup asks delete partition say yes. that will let you partition and format the disk. PROBLEM SOLVED? As kjv1611 said DON'T GO TO PC FIX SITES MOST ARE MARKETING SITES THAT WILL...
  2. POSITIVEFL

    Trying to re-use old laptop hard disk but...

    Try to put the drive back in the laptop. see if it works. If it works and you do not need the data on it or, if it works and you then BACK IT UP, Delete the partition and then try it in the USB housing. You will have to re-partition the (NOW USB) drive on the machine you are going to use it...

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