I still have my old hard drive. but I need files off of it. I'm even considering sticking it into an older computer and see if it will work. I have a flash drive that I can plug into a usb and copy the files from that. I'm just not sure it my hard drive will work in the other computer. So if it doesn't, am I screwed?
2007-08-25 09:20:30 · 7 answers · asked by blutoadmirer 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Hi,
What I would suggest you do is take your new hard drive out of your computer, re-install your old hard drive, and then do a backup. Things can get really murky if you put your old hard drive into another computer and try to IPL (boot). That may or may not work, depending on the operating system and the computer manufacturer.
Your best bet is to re-install your old hard drive and back up your files. Yes, I know it's a drag, but I suspect you have no other choice.
While we're on the subject, I would strongly suggest partitioning your NEW hard drive into C, D, E, F, and so on. This makes life a lot easier if you screw up your operating system and have to reinstall your operating system. You can have the operating system on your C drive, and all of your other junk on other drives. That's what I do. Acronis Disk Director works fine for partitioning (no, I am not affiliated with the company in any way).
James :-)
2007-08-25 09:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can install your old hard drive, as a "slave" drive, in your computer. To set it as "slave", there is a jumper on the HD, next to the cable connector. On the drive there should be instructions, on the label, telling you which pins the jumper needs to be on.
If the drive is good, you can just copy the files you want. However if you have formatted the old drive, you need data recovery software.
You can use Recuva, which is free, it will allow you to recover files on your HD, it will even recover files on a flashdrive, it can be run from a flashdrive.
2007-08-25 09:33:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can still recover your files. Most computer cases have room for two hard drives, you might be able to hook it back up into your current computer. Anyway, if you can't fit two hard drives, yes, your hard drive will work in another computer.
There are different types of drives, PATA, IDE, SATA, SCSI and your hard drive and connectors in another computer will have to match. If they do, just plug it in and boot up the system. It should detect it if the BIOS is alright. The only issues you'll run into is encryption problems, but thats only with Windows XP Professional.
Let me know if you need anymore help!
2007-08-25 09:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by Rey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a hard drive case from Best Buy or somewhere for $40 that will let you hook the old drive to a USB port.
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2016-09-05 13:51:02 · answer #5 · answered by intriago 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need to put it in as a slave .. then u can copy files ... dont try to install it as the boot drive in another computer ..
2007-08-25 09:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
did you format it ?
how many HDs do you have ?
are you prepared to open up your pc ?
you can hok it up as slave, you'll need jumper instruction,
which are usually printed on a sticker on HD
2007-08-25 09:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by 0000001 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋