2006-08-12 11:51:52 · 8 answers · asked by fwabam5000 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Everyone is giving the right answers; take the hard-drive out and put it in another computer. The only thing I have to add is, make sure you set the hard-drive you pull in "slave" mode and not "single" or "master" mode. Usually hard-drives have a diagram on how to set the jumpers for these modes.
Also, the hard-drive in your good computer might need to have it's jumpers reset to something like "master with slave present" mode. Not all hd's need to be set like that, just check if your good computer's hd requires it (should say on it's diagram).
2006-08-12 13:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by buffynbtvs2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes all the information is stored on the hard drive. Assuming you hard drive is an IDE or EIDE you can purchase an adapter IDE to USB from cablestogo.com . If you're running XP on the other computer just plug the drive into the USB port and it will be seen. You can then access the information to the drive.
2006-08-12 11:58:26 · answer #2 · answered by miggers20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes all the information is stored on the hard drive. Assuming you hard drive is an IDE or EIDE you can purchase an adapter IDE to USB from cablestogo.com . If you're running XP on the other computer just plug the drive into the USB port and it will be seen. You can then access the information to the drive.
Duh
2006-08-12 12:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, attach the drive to another system. If you are not handy with taking PC's apart, get some help.
By the way, the problem with your computer sounds like a dead power supply. Easy to replace, and if you know someone with power supply tester, easy to test.
2006-08-12 12:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the hard drive out and put it in a external hard drive case. Plug that into an pc and you'll see whats on the hard drive.
2006-08-12 12:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, put the hard drive in another computer as the second drive, not the primary.
2006-08-12 11:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by freetronics 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
remove the hard drive and put into another pc
2006-08-12 11:54:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure you can take out the hard disk and see if it boots up with another machine
2006-08-12 11:57:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋