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Is it safe to disconnect the HDD cables? (h8-1360t)
We have an HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360t computer with Windows 7 Home Premium on it.
Just asking, but is it safe to disconnect the HDD cables?
Here is an image of the hard drive and the cables:
I want to take the drive out of the machine and use a USB to SATA cable so I can view the contents of the drive on my Windows 10 (custom built) machine. The hard drive of the HP machine is dated from 2012.
The reason why I want view the contents of the drive on another machine is because the HP computer once unexpectedly got the Blue Screen of Death while it was running. It then restarted, went to a disk checking screen (no errors), and booted into the OS normally. Fortunately, no contents of the drive were wiped.
I am leaving the HP machine turned off so it doesn't get the BSoD again and possibly cause actual damage to the contents of the hard drive.
Should I either disconnect the cables from the HDD so I can view the contents of the drive on the other machine, or would I have to turn on the HP machine and view some contents of the drive before the machine gets the BSoD?
Any help would be appreciated.