how to get pc's ip address from a removed hdd
guys does anyone know if it is possible to get an ip address from a hdd which has been removed from the original pc
were doing rollouts at different locations just now and sometimes myself and the other lads forget to take a note of the old pc ip address and just assume it has had dhcp like the other locations we visit and we get caught out and need to put the old pc@s hdd back into the machine and connect it all back up
anyone thats done rollouts will tell how much time this costs
guys were removing the old hdd's and when the new pc goes in we then connect the old hdd to a usb2/sata/ide data transfer thingy which we use to transfer over all the old data
at this point we have the ability to browse the old pc hdd
the question i have guys is that is there any log file or anything on the old pc hdd that would reveal what ip address ,gateway,dns,wins etc that it used to have
another instance today was we had to swap a pc out but could not log onto it and could not reset the password because the location we were at had a terrible low speed connection and the helpdesk phone just kept ringing out
so what i had to do was get settings from another pc nearby and just keep pinging a ip address close to that one to make sure it was not in use and use that
any help appreciated
gary
guys does anyone know if it is possible to get an ip address from a hdd which has been removed from the original pc
were doing rollouts at different locations just now and sometimes myself and the other lads forget to take a note of the old pc ip address and just assume it has had dhcp like the other locations we visit and we get caught out and need to put the old pc@s hdd back into the machine and connect it all back up
anyone thats done rollouts will tell how much time this costs
guys were removing the old hdd's and when the new pc goes in we then connect the old hdd to a usb2/sata/ide data transfer thingy which we use to transfer over all the old data
at this point we have the ability to browse the old pc hdd
the question i have guys is that is there any log file or anything on the old pc hdd that would reveal what ip address ,gateway,dns,wins etc that it used to have
another instance today was we had to swap a pc out but could not log onto it and could not reset the password because the location we were at had a terrible low speed connection and the helpdesk phone just kept ringing out
so what i had to do was get settings from another pc nearby and just keep pinging a ip address close to that one to make sure it was not in use and use that
any help appreciated
gary