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This one falls somewhere betwene hard and software..so apologies if you feel its in the wrong bit..
Easy question...I have a new comp coming this week, Sata 2 connection...plenty of power etc enough RAM and a 500 gb hard drive
Now I dont need all that so I will probably keep it as a spare seeing as the OS is going to be preloaded.
I have another smaller 160gb SATA drive which is from my last computer it has loads of my work on it as well as windows XP..I cant access it using a USB caddy on here because this computer is IDE...I tried booting from the USB but it wouldnt have it...well..it did but I can only access a few files..the rest appears to be stuck because of a secrurity issue
Will I be able to take the new 500gb hard drive out and put the 160gb in without any problems?
I have sooooooooo much stuff on the 160gb I cant afford to lose it
Last resort...plugigng the 160gb into the new one via the caddy and retrieving the files that way
Both new and old hard drives are XP by the way
Any help/good news gratefully appreciated.
Easy question...I have a new comp coming this week, Sata 2 connection...plenty of power etc enough RAM and a 500 gb hard drive
Now I dont need all that so I will probably keep it as a spare seeing as the OS is going to be preloaded.
I have another smaller 160gb SATA drive which is from my last computer it has loads of my work on it as well as windows XP..I cant access it using a USB caddy on here because this computer is IDE...I tried booting from the USB but it wouldnt have it...well..it did but I can only access a few files..the rest appears to be stuck because of a secrurity issue
Will I be able to take the new 500gb hard drive out and put the 160gb in without any problems?
I have sooooooooo much stuff on the 160gb I cant afford to lose it
Last resort...plugigng the 160gb into the new one via the caddy and retrieving the files that way
Both new and old hard drives are XP by the way
Any help/good news gratefully appreciated.