Help! I replaced HD on 16 year old daughter's computer (4.3G) because there was no space and put in a 60GB HD. She cried and now hates me! She wants her photos, but the old drive is out of the computer now. Old HD had WIN98, new HD is XP home ed. She has computer at school now, so I can't access it to reinstall old HD as a slave. Can I put the old HD into MY computer (XP home ed.) as a slave, copy the photo files, then remove the HD? Thanks!

Yes, That should work fine. Just make sure you have the jumpers set correctly and the old drive should appear in Windows explorer under Windows XP. Stuart

Sure you can! "and buy her a present, she wont hate you anymore" LOL It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice...

Thanks for the responses...now, this jumper setting has me edgy. The old HD has no diagram for the slave/master settings. Can I just try plugging the slave into the "middle" slot on the cable in my machine? And will my XP OS be able to read the data on the old HD? As far as buying her MORE stuff, included with the new HD upgrade was a new CD/DVD player so she can watch movies at school! (against the rules!) If I get her photos back, I'll be the hero. Thanks again. :)

You can try to find the jumper setings on the manufacterer's website, or you can try them all and c what way it's working, that shouldn't harm your system, and yes, XP can read Fat32 (the file system that exists on the old hardrive) "Go be her Hero" :)) It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice...

Nice daughter. You give her a bigger hard drive with a better OS and all she can do is whine about her photos?

Pictures are kind of important! I think She has every right to be upset. Symbios Y!