making drive non bootable

[Macgruber]

i have a laptop that sh*tted on me and i need to make the drive "non bootable" so i can load it onto my pc as a slave and copy data


can someone please point me in the right direction

 

[paul878]

You don't need to make the drive none bookable to do what you want to do.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

You don't need to. Just plug and play. (Or set in bios which to load up first)

 

[lakedude]

Boot your desktop first then plug the laptop drive in once the system is up.

I think removing the boot flag would be the quickest way to make the drive unbootable. Don't remember how to do that in Windows. It is super easy with G-Parted...

 

[Macgruber]

You don't need to. Just plug and play. (Or set in bios which to load up first)

ok if i load 2 hard drives with operating systems its going to screw up both hard drives isnt it?

Boot your desktop first then plug the laptop drive in once the system is up.

I think removing the boot flag would be the quickest way to make the drive unbootable. Don't remember how to do that in Windows. It is super easy with G-Parted...

NOT TO SOUND RUDE....

but youre telling me to turn my computer on, THEN plug in a piece of hardware equipment?

do you really want me to fry 5 years worth of work? cmon man



to be honest i appreciate the help guys, but i need to make sure i get it running on my computer, i cant afford to test something out and ruin the equipment, can you provide any more resources for me to look at maybe a website or tutorial? i notice alot of people are sarcastic with information while i appreciate yours im not sure if youre trolling me or not.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

ok if i load 2 hard drives with operating systems its going to screw up both hard drives isnt it?



NOT TO SOUND RUDE....

but youre telling me to turn my computer on, THEN plug in a piece of hardware equipment?

do you really want me to fry 5 years worth of work? cmon man



to be honest i appreciate the help guys, but i need to make sure i get it running on my computer, i cant afford to test something out and ruin the equipment, can you provide any more resources for me to look at maybe a website or tutorial? i notice alot of people are sarcastic with information while i appreciate yours im not sure if youre trolling me or not.

These guys aren't trolling. Hook up the power to both your HDDs, boot your main computer, and you can connect the SATA cable to your computer after its booting. Additionally, having two boot-flag hard drives connected at the same time, does not do anything to the data on either.

That being said, I dont notice a single sarcastic post in this thread. Also, you're being silly getting unnecessarily rude with these guys when you couldn't be bothered to backup your "5 years worth of work." :|

In your own words, "cmon man."

 

[Macgruber]

These guys aren't trolling. Hook up the power to both your HDDs, boot your main computer, and you can connect the SATA cable to your computer after its booting. Additionally, having two boot-flag hard drives connected at the same time, does not do anything to the data on either.

That being said, I dont notice a single sarcastic post in this thread. Also, you're being silly getting unnecessarily rude with these guys when you couldn't be bothered to backup your "5 years worth of work." :|

In your own words, "cmon man."

to be honest i wasnt being rude, i was hypothetically speaking in which now i will be rude, if you lack the basic english comprehension skills to read what i wrote i have to question your intelligence as my comments are generalized comments not directed to anyone who posted

or did you not read the post where i thanked them?

me not backing up files for the various reasons have nothing to do with the fact people on the internet give bad information all the time, and yes it happens, so while i appreciate you trying to help, your 0.02$ didnt help as you cover half of my post, in which you focus on the negative part, i will look further into this as youre obviously trying to help but at the same time im asking for help in faith i dont LOSE the 5 years worth of work

i much rather pay 150$ at a shop then get trolled by some kid on the internet who made me fry my equipment, so please understand my post and read part 1/2 and 2/2 before commenting on just 1/2


please close this thread mods~