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Question

laptop to desktop hard drive drivers

by Apr 2, 2019 7:58PM PDT

I have a desktop that i put a laptop hard drive in and it worked. it has windows 10 and i was wondering if there were any drivers i could download to make the computer realize its not a laptop so it would run smoother.
the computer has an asrock 970 extreme4 motherboard and an amd 6300 processor.

Post was last edited on April 2, 2019 8:08 PM PDT

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Not really.
by Former Forum moderator Apr 2, 2019 9:16PM PDT
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by Aaronjdg Apr 3, 2019 7:30AM PDT

I know I have to install different drivers I just don’t know where to get them.

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See below.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Apr 3, 2019 9:22AM PDT

As Bob___B notes, from the maker for the parts they made. If you rely on Windows, it may or may not work out PLUS you have to help it at times with the link I supplied and if the change was too severe you have to reinstall Windows.

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Disk
by Apr 3, 2019 5:13AM PDT

Is this laptop disk that you put in the desktop the boot drive or is it an add on for storage?

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by Aaronjdg Apr 3, 2019 7:29AM PDT

It’s the boot drive

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Boot drive
by Bob__B Apr 3, 2019 8:30AM PDT
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