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Posted by Salad on March 15, 2008, 4:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options Unfortunately, that computer won't turn on...most likely a bad power supply. My current computer is a Dell Dimension bought in 2004. It has 2 DVD drives (D&E). Can I simply unplug the E: DVD drive and hook up the old hard disk from the older computer and see if I can read the hard disk and get the old program file? Or are there other things I need to do first beforehand? | |||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on March 15, 2008, 5:05 pm
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> My current computer is a Dell Dimension bought in 2004. It has 2 DVD > drives (D&E). > > Can I simply unplug the E: DVD drive and hook up the old hard disk from > the older computer and see if I can read the hard disk and get the old > program file? Or are there other things I need to do first beforehand? Yes, just make sure the jumper is in the same position (slave, master or cable select) | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Salad on March 15, 2008, 5:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options philo wrote:
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>>My previous computer has a program I need from its hard drive.
>>Unfortunately, that computer won't turn on...most likely a bad power >
> supply. > >>My current computer is a Dell Dimension bought in 2004. It has 2 DVD
>>drives (D&E). >> >>Can I simply unplug the E: DVD drive and hook up the old hard disk from >>the older computer and see if I can read the hard disk and get the old >>program file? Or are there other things I need to do first beforehand? >
I will. Thanks so much.
> > > Yes, just make sure the jumper is in the same position > > (slave, master or cable select) > > | |||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on March 15, 2008, 5:42 pm
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> philo wrote:
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> >>My previous computer has a program I need from its hard drive.
> >>Unfortunately, that computer won't turn on...most likely a bad power > >
> > supply. > > > >>My current computer is a Dell Dimension bought in 2004. It has 2 DVD
> >>drives (D&E). > >> > >>Can I simply unplug the E: DVD drive and hook up the old hard disk from > >>the older computer and see if I can read the hard disk and get the old > >>program file? Or are there other things I need to do first beforehand? > >
> > > > > > Yes, just make sure the jumper is in the same position > > > > (slave, master or cable select) > > > > > I will. Thanks so much.
Ok BTW: though you can copy your data over to the new drive. you will need the setup file for your software. Most apps will not work by simply copying over as there are usually many needed registry entries | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Salad on March 20, 2008, 3:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options philo wrote:
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>>philo wrote:
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>>> >>>>My previous computer has a program I need from its hard drive. >>>>Unfortunately, that computer won't turn on...most likely a bad power >>> >>>supply. >>> >>> >>>>My current computer is a Dell Dimension bought in 2004. It has 2 DVD >>>>drives (D&E). >>>> >>>>Can I simply unplug the E: DVD drive and hook up the old hard disk from >>>>the older computer and see if I can read the hard disk and get the old >>>>program file? Or are there other things I need to do first beforehand? >>> >>> >>> >>>Yes, just make sure the jumper is in the same position >>> >>>(slave, master or cable select) >>> >>> >>
>>I will. Thanks so much. >
It was interesting. I got the hard disk installed after setting the
> > > Ok > > BTW: though you can copy your data over to the new drive. > you will need the setup file for your software. > > Most apps will not work by simply copying over > as there are usually many needed registry entries > > jumpers correctly, fired up the computer, then worried because the old hard drive's OS was NT4.0. This computer recognized the drive. Did a couple of searches in Explorer and found the file I wanted, then disconnected the hard drive. Worked like a champ. | |||||||||||||
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> Unfortunately, that computer won't turn on...most likely a bad power