If you replace a laptop's hard drive, will your files still exist?

Question

WIll it delete the memory...

Answer 1

The files will still be on the old hard drive. The hard drive is where all your files are kept...if you want these files to be on your new hard drive as well, you will need to transfer them onto the new one.

When you replace your hard drive, you should backup your essential documents either by using an external hard drive (such as a Western Digital Passport), a USB flash stick or by burning it onto DVD's.

Answer 2

your files wud be on ur harddrive so if u tke ur hd out then ur files wont be on ur laptop. Just get an external hard drive so it saves the time of backing up ur files on sumfin then transferin dem agen

Answer 3

no no files will stay unless you transfer

Answer 4

The files will be located on the hard drive you removed.  You can buy a number of different adapters/enclosures so you can plug that (old) hard drive into a USB port to move your files.

Answer 5

Your hard drive IS YOUR MEMORY.If you take out your hard drive everything will still be on it,but not on your NEW hard drive.You have to transfer all the data onto your NEW one.

Answer 6

All the files in your computer are stored on the hard drive.

If you replace your hard drive, you'll need to transfer your files from the old hard drive to the new one.

No, replacing the hard drive does not delete any memory.

You may be confusing RAM with ROM.

RAM stands for "Random Access Memory" which is your computers actual memory. When your computer is shutdown, nothing is stored in RAM.

ROM stands for "Read Only Memory" which is your computers hard drive, think of it as in terms of real estate, which is the amount of space that your computer has on its hard drive where all of your files are stored.

Answer 7

Yeh if the files are stored on the hard drive you removed

Answer 8

The files will be deleted if you do not transfer them from your old hard drive to your new hard drive.