If someone could point me in the right direction?

[pastcaring]

Hello all

New member here.

I have just bought a new pc but want to add my hard drive from my old pc as it has a lot of info I need on it.

Can someone point me to a thread or an article that will explain how I can do this without losing any data on the old drive.

New pc is running XP old pc was running Win98SE.

I'm sure it is a simple op but I like to be thourgh.

Thanks in advance for any help

Gerred, London UK.

 

[Accessdabbler]

Unless you drop it, you shouldn't lose any data on the old drive by moving it.

Ideally, put the new drive on a separate cable than the new drive. However, if you have a CD or DVD drive they are likely to be on the second cable. If that is the case, you need to connect the old drive to the same cable as the new drive. However, you will need to locate the jumper on the old drive and set it to the "Slave" setting.

On your next boot, hit DEL or whatever key your system tells you to enter the BIOS/CMOS screen. Usually the first page (after the menu) identifies the hard drives. Make sure your old drive is recognized as the same size as it was in the old computer before preceding.

In some cases, especially with some Fujitsu drives, the two drives cannot live together on the same cable (they make bad neighbours!). In this case, put the drive on the second cable with the DVD/CD drive. Normally the drive is set to "Master" and the DVD/CD drive is set to "Slave". You won't be arrested if you do it the other way around though.

 

[gargouille]

Hi gerred:
Here's a link (maybe local to you) that will answer LOTS of questions you may have:

http://www.networkdoctor.biz/faqs/harddisk.html

 

[pastcaring]

Thanks to both of you.

I have managed to connect the 'old' drive in the new pc and grabbed lots of data from it.
I disconnected the CD and DVD drive and used that connection.
Windows recognised the drive straight away.
I prob don't need to have it connected all the time as the new drive is 120 gig! and I will never use all that.

Thanks again and have a great Xmas and New Year.

Gerred

 

[gargouille]

An older drive like that 1 is perfect for imaging the OS to it and just leaving it mounted in the machine (although not powered/cabled) guarding against the day you'll need it.
Drive Image or Ghost or similar (and am investigating other freebie imaging apps) will give you the image when you get yours tweaked to satisfaction.