Question Trying to boot up into Windows 10 off of a pulled SSD stick drive , running into alot of issues...

[slayerbizkit]

I pulled an SSD stick from a 2018 msi laptop that I sold, thinking that I could easily boot into it on a different computer/laptop. It has windows 10 home with all my stuff on it.

The SSD is a Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY , 256GB . I bought an insignia SSD enclosure for it. None of my other laptops recognize the SSD inside of the enclosure nor can they boot from it(windows does detect the enclosure itself though). I tried opening up a newer laptop (lenovo) and stuck the 2018 SSD in there, but the laptop straight up doesn't see it . I downloaded Macrium reflect to see if it can see it in the SSD enclosure, no luck .

Short of rebuying the exact laptop that I used to own, is there any feasible way I can boot up from my old SSD ?

 

[USAFRet]

1. Booting an OS in a totally different PC often/usually fails. Especially between different laptops.

2. Trying to do that from a USB enclosure always fails.


How to retrieve your data off that old drive?
Connect it to a working PC with its own OS, and see what you can discover.
You'll probably have to go through the hassle of Take Ownership of the relevant folders and files.

But trying to boot from this drive will just end in tears. Stop messing with it like this.

 

[DSzymborski]

Yup, OS installs are not intended to be modular in this way. You shouldn't be trying to boot off of this; it should be installed in an enclosure or the typical internal way in another PC, but with you booting ot a separate drive with the OS.

And, for the future, please consider a proper backup solution. If you're ever in a situation in which your stuff is all stuck on a single drive that you can't access, there's something seriously wrong with your backup regimen. Otherwise, the question is when you lose your data forever, not if.

 

[TerryLaze]

So none of your systems sees the ssd in the enclosure or otherwise?! Might be the ssd is done for.

If the ssd works and you can connect it to some system you can try doing a "clone to dissimilar" google this to see how it works, basically it's cloning the drive but without any drivers and things that could cause issues on different hardware.

 

[slayerbizkit]

So none of your systems sees the ssd in the enclosure or otherwise?! Might be the ssd is done for.

If the ssd works and you can connect it to some system you can try doing a "clone to dissimilar" google this to see how it works, basically it's cloning the drive but without any drivers and things that could cause issues on different hardware.

The enclosure that I have cant see SATA ssd sticks I just figured out. Ordering one that can. Ill try your idea when the SATA enclosure comes in

 

[USAFRet]

The enclosure that I have cant see SATA ssd sticks I just figured out. Ordering one that can. Ill try your idea when the SATA enclosure comes in

Stop trying to boot from this drive. Just mount it as a secondary in some other running system, and get your data from it.

 

[slayerbizkit]

The enclosure that I have cant see SATA ssd sticks I just figured out. Ordering one that can. Ill try your idea when the SATA enclosure comes in

Stop trying to boot from this drive. Just mount it as a secondary in some other running system, and get your data from it.

I read your other post. The main plan is to salvage what I can first before I do anything else with the ssd

 

[slayerbizkit]

I bought a different enclosure & it read everything perfectly. Windows 11 was able to see all of my Win 10 files. Salvaged everything for the most part