Timeline for If I remove SSD from laptop and put it in external enclosure, can I boot same laptop from it and access files?
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| Aug 16, 2023 at 16:25 | comment | added | Frank Thomas | USB performance won't be nearly the same I'm afraid, so it's not a viable long term primary fix for your issue, but you can probably do it to limp along for a little bit | |
| Aug 16, 2023 at 16:20 | comment | added | Rob | Everything else would be the same: I'd just be taking the SSD out and connecting it with an external enclosure. Can I still run the machine this way? Is it difficult to do? | |
| Aug 16, 2023 at 16:19 | answer | added | DrMoishe Pippik | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 16, 2023 at 15:09 | comment | added | spikey_richie | If the other hardware is the same, yes. Otherwise, add it as an additional drive to another machine, don't set it as the boot drive in the BIOS, then just access it like a regular additional drive to get your files off. You don't need to boot off it to get to your files. | |
| Aug 16, 2023 at 15:04 | history | asked | Rob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |