Laptop hard drive on a desktop.

[junii421]

I'm building a desktop and I have most of the parts if my hard drive from my asus can work on my desktop.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

As in you try to use the laptop hard drive as a boot drive? No.

If you wipe the drive and use it as storage? Yes.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm building a desktop and I have most of the parts if my hard drive from my asus can work on my desktop.

The physical drive, yes.
The OS that may live on that drive, no.

 

[junii421]

I'm building a desktop and I have most of the parts if my hard drive from my asus can work on my desktop.

The physical drive, yes.
The OS that may live on that drive, no.

Is there a way to wipe it and re download windows on it or something?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

You have to buy a copy of Windows 10 so you can install it to the drive.

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/how-to-install-windows-10-via-usb-or-dvd-1300279

 

[BFG-9000]

When you boot from the Windows installer, simply pick advanced drive options and delete all the partitions. Then highlight the empty drive and choose to install Windows there

 

[USAFRet]

I'm building a desktop and I have most of the parts if my hard drive from my asus can work on my desktop.

The physical drive, yes.
The OS that may live on that drive, no.

Is there a way to wipe it and re download windows on it or something?

What OS is this?
But if preinstalled on that laptop...you'll need a new license.

Solution?
Sell the laptop for $150+.
This provides funds for a faster hard drive and a brand new OS for your new desktop. Anything above $150 is gravy.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Just going to add this. How old is the laptop HDD? if it uses the updated standard SATA connections then it's got the same plugs on it as a 3.5" drive and works no different. The only difference between desktop and laptop drives is their size and maximum capacities.

But in the sense of just moving it over and booting up the OS you have on it then that's not going to work as the version of Windows (assuming you are going to be using that OS) is the kind that doesn't like changes in hardware and thusly when putting into a different system with different hardware it just simply won't work.