T Thom13 Reputable May 27, 2016 18 1 4,515 Sep 19, 2019 #1 Hi, I have as second hard drive installed on my old laptop that has an Ubuntu install in it. Now I bought a new laptop and want to use that same old hard drive with ubuntu installed on my new laptop. How can I do this? Reactions: psi
Hi, I have as second hard drive installed on my old laptop that has an Ubuntu install in it. Now I bought a new laptop and want to use that same old hard drive with ubuntu installed on my new laptop. How can I do this?
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 175,247 19,808 184,590 Sep 19, 2019 #2 Save any personal docs just in case. Plug that drive into the 'new' laptop, and try it. Linux is a lot more generic than Windows is. Reactions: psi Upvote 0 Downvote
Save any personal docs just in case. Plug that drive into the 'new' laptop, and try it. Linux is a lot more generic than Windows is.
T Thom13 Reputable May 27, 2016 18 1 4,515 Sep 19, 2019 #3 USAFRet said: Save any personal docs just in case. Plug that drive into the 'new' laptop, and try it. Linux is a lot more generic than Windows is. Click to expand... Hi, thanks for the reply. The thing is my bios cannot detect the hard drive. Edit: Oh btw I used an external hdd adaptor to plug it in. Upvote 0 Downvote
USAFRet said: Save any personal docs just in case. Plug that drive into the 'new' laptop, and try it. Linux is a lot more generic than Windows is. Click to expand... Hi, thanks for the reply. The thing is my bios cannot detect the hard drive. Edit: Oh btw I used an external hdd adaptor to plug it in.