Topic: Is it possible? (Read 1295 times)

Capt_Bearslayer_XC · « **on:** March 04, 2006, 02:02:12 am »

Want transfer some info from an old hard drive to my new system, someone suggested to me that I link it thru the slave port on the IDE cable that is attached to my primary DVD burner.....

Will it work?

Messiah · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2006, 03:12:51 am »

Yep, i've done it. set it up as a secondary HD and just transfer files from the HD into the other.

Sirgod · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2006, 07:34:29 am »

Big yup. It's pretty easy to do Bear. If need be, I can call and help walk you through it.

Stephen

Mr_Tricorder · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2006, 10:37:18 am »

I've done it several times when helping people recover their data from a failed system (as long as the hard drive was still good). It's pretty much just like setting up a second hard drive.

Javora · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2006, 06:29:47 pm »

That for me is the only way to do it. When I built my system I had to pull the hard drive off the old Dell and attached it as a secondary drive. Then it was a just a matter copying the files over to the new hard drive. You may need to change the jumper, but you should have no trouble at all.

Just plain old Punisher · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2006, 06:36:35 pm »

When you buy a new HD, many company's will ship along a disk with a copy of a drive-copy program on it. It will copy everything from one drive to the other.

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