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hard drive

Started by andrewsexton , Jan 10 2006 01:51 AM

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andrewsexton

Posted 10 January 2006 - 01:51 AM

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Yep with no luck can i recover files if i link up the hard drive on my main pc as a slave but both hard drives will have xp on is this a problem?

Andrew

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SRX660

Posted 10 January 2006 - 05:08 AM

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I've done this many times. Don't make the mistake of trying to start the OS on the second drive. I tried that once and crashed both drives. I saved 45 gigs of music off a friends drive just by copy and paste.

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andrewsexton

Posted 10 January 2006 - 07:23 AM

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Hi,

Whats the best way of doing this?

Andrew

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SRX660

Posted 10 January 2006 - 11:50 AM

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I just lay the second drive(have even had it standing on end) in the case where the ribbon cable can be connected, usually have the jumper set to cable select, and hooked up a power wire. I check to see if XP will see the second drive in explore( start, right click my computer, click explore). It will usually show up as the "D" drive but i have had a few show as "F" drives behind the cd-rw and dvd drives. It really doesnt matter since it is only going to be in the puter long enough to transfer files, then removed. While i am in Explore i will open the "C" drive and "D" drive. I make a folder on the C i call Transfer, then proceed to the D drive, find the data i want to save, and transfer entire folders to the transfer folder on C with copy and paste. Depending on how much data you want to save, it can take a while to save everything. It took me a couple of hours to save 45 gigs. When i am done i shut down the computer and remove the drive.

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