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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 04:39 PM
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I Need Computer Help

ok i have an older pc that video and sound puked on me, can i put the hard drive from that pc into my new pc and transfer music files over? i want to make sure because the old pc was windows ME and my new one is XP (by choice not a vista fan)....sombody computer savy help me please....and if thats possible i plan on formating that hdd and making it a slave its only a 120 gig
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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You may find the drives (operating systems) fighting one another at boot-up even if you configure it as a slave.
I find it is easier to buy an external hard drive enclosure (about $25) and plug it in after the new computer is booted.
If you wipe it clean afterwards you will have a good external drive.
Or if you want,(if you can make sure in the BIOS that the old drive won't boot) you can transfer all your info and afterwards wipe the drive clean (reformat) so you won't encounter any conflicts. So often I have found that if you don't wipe the old OS off the old drive it starts trying to boot the first time XP is a little slow to boot (for any reason).
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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how do i go about doing this, setting it so that hdd wont run until i want it to? besides spending money i dont have lol
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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If you don't know your way around a BOIS setup you're better off buying an external enclosure.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...page=4&bop=And
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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nah i figured it all out, its running both drives now, ive got enough music and movie i wont hear the same thing twice in 9 days strait heheh
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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well i painted it too, not quite the color of the stang but it looks cool...hard to see but it glows green inside, leds
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Good to see you are havin' fun with it now.
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by karman
Good to see you are havin' fun with it now.
its scary how addicting it is lol
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