This may sound like a dumb question but I was wondering if my mouse and keyboard functions (and other built in functions like wireless) will be functional after I upgrade the hard drive without any data transfer from the old hard drive and then installing a new OS. Or would I HAVE to use the recovery disks that came with the laptop in order for those internal functions to work?
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Jump to PostThis may sound like a dumb question but I was wondering if my mouse and keyboard functions (and other built in functions like wireless) will be functional after I upgrade the hard drive without any data transfer from the old hard drive and then installing a new OS. Or would …
Jump to PostThe mouse and keyboard should be just fine. The BIOS in all current systems supports USB devices like this without futzing about with drivers and such. Some older operating systems may not like them, but current ones from XP on for Windows, and any but really old Linux operating systems …
Jump to PostThanks for the responses, I currently have a FUJITSU MHZ232OBH G2 ATA hard drive, and I"m unsure what kind of hard drive would be compatible with my computer, for example, I"m looking at tigerdirect, and it has PATA,SATA,SATA II, what are the differences and are they compatible with my computer …
Jump to PostEven if your system drive is PATA, if you have a SATA controller and associated ports, then yes, you should be able to install a Sata drive, although it probably won't serve as your system/boot device in this configuration.
Jump to PostThe drive you refer to is not a sata drive. It is a standard parallel ATA drive (hence the PATA nomenclature). That will work with your internal ATA/IDE controller, but not with your SATA controller. Also, I don't know if your system will allow you to boot from the SATA …
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