I have a new computer with a Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm hard drive with Windows XP. I want to take my old hard drive, an IBM DESKSTAR 7200rpm 20.5 GB with W ME, and transfer all the data on there to my new hard drive. I tried W XP files and data transfer wizard, but it is set up to link to computers. How do I install the old hard drive as a slave to the new computer, and get the files from it out to the new hard drive. I did plug iot in as a aslave, but even though it powered up, the hard drive was not accessible.
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I want to transfer old hard drives data to new computer.
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Did you set the jumpers correctly?
You could try it temporarily on the other IDE connector (which your CD/DVD drive(s) are connected to) as a master.
I've seen a number of posts where XP has a problem reading a drive formatted by another operating system (even though its a format XP can access like FAT32).
I take it you don't have network cards in these PCs?
You could try a parallel cable connection (via the printer ports on both machines) - see
You could try it temporarily on the other IDE connector (which your CD/DVD drive(s) are connected to) as a master.
I've seen a number of posts where XP has a problem reading a drive formatted by another operating system (even though its a format XP can access like FAT32).
I take it you don't have network cards in these PCs?
You could try a parallel cable connection (via the printer ports on both machines) - see
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If you can't get yours to read it, then yes you could slave it to your roomates and use a parallel cable (be aware though that parallel cable connection is very slow - if you're talking lots of data it will take hours. There are apps like laplink which can speed this up by using compression - but generally cost).
PS. Is the old drive being recognised in the bios? You have set the bios to auto for the connection the drive is on (eg, it may be set to 'none' by default - so bios will then ignore it). Also, if it is recognised, and XP doesn't see it first time you boot, shutdown (not reset) and boot up again.
PS. Is the old drive being recognised in the bios? You have set the bios to auto for the connection the drive is on (eg, it may be set to 'none' by default - so bios will then ignore it). Also, if it is recognised, and XP doesn't see it first time you boot, shutdown (not reset) and boot up again.
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Hard Drive Upgrader simplifies the process of upgrading to a new hard drive by duplicating the entire contents of your existing drive to the new one. The program does not require you to fdisk or format the new hard drive. Instead, it creates partitions as necessary and moves your OS and program files intact. Even your drive letters stay the same. This demo version allows you to duplicate to a hard drive of the same size only; the registered version allows duplication to a smaller or larger drive, and features partition resizing. Read the "user.txt" file for usage instructions.
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