i was wondering if when i buy a new computer, can i somehow hook up my old hard drive to it?
old hard drive to new desktop?
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, Jan 03 2008 10:32 PM
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Posted 03 January 2008 - 10:32 PM
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i was wondering if when i buy a new computer, can i somehow hook up my old hard drive to it?
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 05:33 AM
Neil Jones
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Yes.
Either take the side of the new case and hang it off appropriate connectors, or put it in an external enclosure which you plug into a USB port.
Either take the side of the new case and hang it off appropriate connectors, or put it in an external enclosure which you plug into a USB port.
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 07:47 AM
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just be sure you move the jumper if its a IDE drive before you install it into your new computer...set it to slave...
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Posted 25 January 2008 - 05:11 PM
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Yes.
Either take the side of the new case and hang it off appropriate connectors, or put it in an external enclosure which you plug into a USB port.
so i can just buy something like this:
http://www.tigerdire...a...&CatId=1204
and then put my old hardrive in there and just plug it into my usb port and i can get files to my new computer?
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