Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
How to retrieve data from old hard drive
Name: chrystalship Date: June 9, 2009 at 13:57:30 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
I removed hard drive from old computer (with xp) before I gave it away. Now I need to retrieve data for my new Vista (both dell machines) I don't want to put old hard drive in new maching. Any other ways to do this?
Name: OtheHill Date: June 9, 2009 at 14:14:08 Pacific
Reply:
You can temporarily connect the old drive to the new machine. No need to install, just connect up the power and data cables.
You may need to take ownership of the files/folders.
0
Response Number 2
Name: ldzppln0 Date: June 9, 2009 at 16:52:53 Pacific
Reply:
it has to be connected somehow to transfer the information. If you don't want to connect it directly inside the new computer, you can put it in an old one then share the entire drive, or get an external casing and connect it as an external drive to the new computer.
Summary: Can anyone tell me how to plug an old-ish (about 3 yrs) hard drive into a new, fairly high-end Dell system, in order to transfer all of my old data onto my new machine? The problem is that the connect...
Summary: I'm trying to transfer data from the hard drive of a Power Computing Power Center 120, a 1996 clone of a power Macintosh. The computer has an SCSI port and an ethernet connection, but no USB port. I...
Summary: An older computer in my office recently expired. Is there anyway to retrieve data from the hard drive? I understand I can remove the hard drive and install it in my new computer as a second hard drive...
0 
