Can I transfer a Toshiba HDD to a Asus laptop?

[rawkitdawg]

Hello, I have recently acquired an Asus G750VW, it had the HDD removed and has an SSD with 175gb. I was wondering if I can take the HDD out of my Toshiba L850D and put it into the Asus as a 2nd, main data drive and use the current SSD to boot up windows or play any demanding games. Will there be any problems with drivers or anything like that? It's SATA and seems to accept it physically, I just don't want to mess up my new gaming laptop.

TLDR: I would like to place my HDD from my Toshiba Satellite II L850D into an Asus RoG G750W that currently has an SSD and a 2nd slot for another HDD or SDD.

Toshiba L850D HDD is model TOSHIBA MQ01ABD075 and holds about 700GB.
I want to put this into an Asus G750VW..

Will I lose data on my HDD if I transfer? Will the computer break, if not how do I go about doing it safely? Thanks in advance! Here is a link to the specs of the HDD I want to transfer: http://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mq01abd075-hard-drive-750-gb-sata-3gb-s-mq01abd075/specs/

So how to go about transfering my data from one computer to the other- will the Asus read my current HDD if I put it into the 2nd bay?

 

[Mattios]

You will be fine just moving it over, and no data loss will occur

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, rawkitdawg.

Just as Mattios mentioned if the drive have the same physical dimensions, there shouldn't be an issue if you just switch them. As for transferring the data, the computer should be able to read it. On the other hand if this drive has OS installed on it, it would be best if you could backup all of you personal data which you want to keep (to an external hard for example) and reformat the drive so that you have no leftover OS files and partitions from your previous system and then transfer back the backed up data.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[rawkitdawg]

Hey there, rawkitdawg.

Just as Mattios mentioned if the drive have the same physical dimensions, there shouldn't be an issue if you just switch them. As for transferring the data, the computer should be able to read it. On the other hand if this drive has OS installed on it, it would be best if you could backup all of you personal data which you want to keep (to an external hard for example) and reformat the drive so that you have no leftover OS files and partitions from your previous system and then transfer back the backed up data.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

Thanks Boogie & Mattios, you guys pretty much confirmed my research, I will make sure to back up all my important data and then probably just format the HDD to avoid any issues.