r/MSILaptops • u/Less-Anybody-1594 • 1d ago

Old SSD

Hey everyone, couple of month ago my laptop got a short circuit (MSI thin GF63) now i got a cyborg 15 and wanted to put the ssd from the old one but it cant run windows from the old ssd. Is it possible that the ssd also got fried? Such a shame to lose all the info on it. Thanks.

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u/Ahyaan09876 1d ago

if the old ssd isn't recognised it is either the m.2 slot or the ssd is dead

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u/gust334 1d ago

Yes, it could be fried. The boot image could also simply be incompatible with the new laptop for a number of reasons (TPM, drivers don't match hardware, old partition table not supported by new BIOS settings, etc.) Many new laptops have more than one SSD socket. Even if yours doesn't, there are inexpensive adapters that allow an SSD to be plugged into USB as a secondary drive. You might try booting from the new SSD and see if the old SSD can be accessed as D:

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u/WailingWarbler 14h ago

Does it take the same type of ssd? Like 4x4