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New computer help please
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:36 am
by Necrovore
I just put together my wife's new computer. The new system is running XP pro. Her old system runs win ME. Is there a way I can hook up the old hard drive to the new system in order to transfer files that she needs?
I believe I can set the old drive to autodetect in the CMOS and then be able to boot into win xp and then transfer the files needed one by one and the files will be changed from FAT32 to NTFS?
How to go about this?
Re: New computer help please
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:41 am
by rockstah
Necrovore wrote:I just put together my wife's new computer. The new system is running XP pro. Her old system runs win ME. Is there a way I can hook up the old hard drive to the new system in order to transfer files that she needs?
I believe I can set the old drive to autodetect in the CMOS and then be able to boot into win xp and then transfer the files needed one by one and the files will be changed from FAT32 to NTFS?
How to go about this?
Necrovore,
you just put the old drive inside your new computer - should recognize it as long as the old drive is configured to use any ID other than ID 0 - or in other words that you put the jumper on old drive that its set to slave.
set old drive to slave via jumper settings - hook it up in your new computer and when ya boot new machine your old drive would now be drive: D.
Mark
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:50 am
by St August
That may not work considering Me is in Fat32 and XP pro is NTFS
But I could be wrong
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:02 am
by Guitar Adjuster
It should work fine, the HD on my computer--drive "C" is NTFS and I have a second that is external and its FAT32, they both work fine. I have had the external for years and its worked with several different computers running XP PRO. Give it a try, the worst that could happen is your new computer will blow up
Allen
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:08 pm
by JD
Easiest way I've found is to use a USB "travel drive" and simply go in between the 2 computers until you get everything over you need. I bought a 1GB that is the size of a stick of gum for $40.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:03 am
by Necrovore
Thanks JD, Ill look into that. Seems the easiest way to go about this.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:36 am
by JD
Necrovore wrote:Thanks JD, Ill look into that. Seems the easiest way to go about this.
You're welcome. That worked out best for me anyway, and I still have the travel drive to use anytime I need it.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:00 pm
by Necrovore
Yeah even though this is a permenant swap of files. to have to go in a zip the files and either upload them to our server, or burn them to disk has a tendency to make everything read only. the USB stick doesn't do that.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:06 pm
by rockstah
necro put the drive inside man. maybe alittle work but make things alot easier. ill take ya through it if need be.