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SIMPLE QUESTION: Hard Drive Broke-Can I run pc from external?
So here is the issue:
I have an Hp Pavilion dv6t 3000 or 6000 (can't remember) with an I7 prcessor anf 8 gb RAM....running Win 7 Home Premium..
Hard drive stopped working, (303 error)...
I have a 1tb external hard drive (WD) that has a complete backup of my broken hard drive (root of external drive has folder called WindowsImageBackup as well as a "folder" with my computer name (what windows asked me to name my computer) and a weird icon like a cd or something instead of a folder...
I also have the windows 7 install disk..
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So my question is....can I get my laptop to run using the external drive? Ideally I want to be able to substitute my broke hard drive with the external one running windows 7 with the image backup so everything is just as it was...
I have tried plugging in the external drive usb and changing the bios bootup priority so that USB is first, however when I restart it does not recognize the external drive and skips to the next bootup...
If anyone can tell me if this is possible I would greatly appreciate it...plus give any tips on how to make this work (I want to tun my pc before I get a new hard drive)
Thanks a TONNN