My mistake, poorly worded. It's not the physical drive I was concerned with, it's the OS on the drive still functioning after attempting the swap, if I put it back in the machine I took it out of.
Hopefully, that's a clearer question.
It's highly unlikely that you will damage the OS but, since there are never any guarantees, it would be wise to make an image of the drive before swapping it out, just in case things go pear shaped.
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Hello
I am new to this forum
And I use Win 8
I don't know that I am allowed to post here or not
I have Win 7 Professional and Win 8 in my Laptop Toshiba Satellite C850D-M5010
The problem is C drive in Win 7 is D drive in Win 8
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