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I just wondered if it is possible to unplug a dynamic disk (hard drive) and plug it into another computer?

The reason I ask is that one of my HDDs with Windows on it is about to fail, and I don't want to install Windows on another HDD and find that I can't access the data on the other dynamic disks because of some sort of technique that I missed.

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You should plug in a new drive, clone the failing drive, then replace it with the new drive. Installing it on another computer at this point is just asking for problems, hopeful you already have a recent backup, incase this procedure fails. – Ramhound Oct 27 '11 at 12:12
Don't know if this matters, but it likely won't boot in another computer so either boot to a Live CD and copy the files from that or do as Ramhound suggests and clone the drive ASAP. – jmreicha Oct 27 '11 at 13:23
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sorry guys, but that wasnt the question. Since the system had failed and the other disks in the system were dynamic, I wanted to know if I can take the good dynamic disks can connect them to another computer or new install. These good disks are not hosting OS'es, just data. – schuhmi2 Oct 31 '11 at 10:09
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