Reader Fred wants to know if a laptop hard drive can be plugged into a desktop PC. “The pin out appears to be the same,” he notes, “but there is no separate power-supply connector.” Short answer: yes.
External hard drives can be moved between systems, reformatted at will, and repurposed without risking the data or stability of a primary computer.
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