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Nope... a USB adaptor that connects an old hard drive to another machine is not going to harm the machine.
Exceptions: You have virus / malware and are going to execute stuff or had autoplay enabled (this doesn't sound like your issue) or you're using a USB-C adaptor and the power controller is f*cked and we're in the future (this does not apply to you today, it's hypothetical).
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That's really useful thanks!
I'm kind of open to any laptop really, I just don't have the budget I had a few years ago - looking at the Thinkpads because they seem cheap & relatively powerful for the money. Maybe one like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Laptop-Windows-10-Thinkpad-X260-Core-i5-6200U-2-30GHz-8GB-128GB-SSD-HDMI-/373060771011?hash=item56dc279cc3Does that look any good?
Budget could go to around £500 - the only hard work would be occasionally recording music (home use only using an external USB audio interface), the rest just standard watching online lessons, browsing the net, video calls etc...
Lw.
SSD I think. Thanks - I'll try and take it to bits then buy an adapter then.
Going to buy one of those cheap refurbed ThinkPads - plugging a possibly damaged SSD via an adapter into a new laptop isn't going to break/fuse the new one is it?