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SSD Questions on New Computer
I have 2 laptops that broke. But both hard drives should be working. Both are samsung 250gb SSD. Both have information there because i used it and well both laptops broke.
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I was told if i want to transfer files from these internal ssd to an external hard drive, I need one of these right?
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-I...+usb+enclosure
https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Tool-fr...+usb+enclosure
Does it matter if its usb 2.0 or usb 3.0? I assume yes so make sure you get usb 3.0 since a usb 2.0 might have issues with the computer?
2. I will be buying a brand new computer and im not 100 percent sure it will include an ssd or not. But let say it does but i want to use my samsung pro ssd as oppose to the ones in the laptop. It seems they give the sandisk ssd... but is using that and the samsung pro ssd the same? Or could the sandisk be actually slower? I read online that samsung ssd is best so even if same size, best to swap them?
The other issue i have is my 2 samsung ssd pro still have information in it. One of them have files from my important computer that broke. The other one has files but not important ones but i like to transfer these files to external hard drive. So what is my plan here? Transfer these files to the external hard drive, but how do i delete everything on the ssd hard drive and wipe it out clean? I want to wipe it all fully where there is no virus or stuff like that.
3. When you get a new laptop, let say you want to change the hard drive immediately. Do you replace the hard drive whether is a regular one or SSD to your SSD immediately before you power on windows? Then you register the computer from there? The thing is wouldn't i need to do this first with whatever laptop i have since if i want to erase the files on my ssd, i need a computer that is working etc? Im typing this from a desktop computer. But could i stick my old ssd to this computer with the enclosure, delete it, then put the ssd into new computer and take the hard drive that comes with computer out?
4. Is there a way to test if a hard drive is good and not damaged? Such that it might cause damage to a new computer as in you don't want to put a bad hard drive into the new one?
5. Same question about what about ram? Most computers have 8gb ram so if you have extra ram, say you want to put 4gb ram more or 8gb ram, assuming that laptop went bad, is the ram still safe to put on the new laptop?