-=PCTechTalk=- Re: -=Correction------PCTechTalk=- Re: Transfering data from old computer to new
- From: "nightsneak" <nightsneak@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:19:14 -0400
OOPS! It is not that I cannot see the old hard drive as a drive, it is that
I can't see ANY drive as a second drive, either the new or old one. Either
will show as master if I have that one set as master or cable select, but
neither will show as a slave.
Sorry
nightsneak
----- Original Message -----
From: "nightsneak" <nightsneak@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:04 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Transfering data from old computer to new
> I had corresponded with Troth on this issue, and he gave some great
> suggestions, but nothing worked to get my system to see the old hard drive
> as either the primary, slave, or the slave to the CD burner. I tried all
the
> jumper settings, Master, Slave, Cable Select. I tried 3 different cables,
> all of which work normally, and still cannot get it to see a second drive,
> whether the drive is the new hard drive or the old hard drive, or the
slave
> to the CD. It will show a master, but no slave. Also, for quite a while,
it
> was showing my CD burner as my Primary drive. Somewhere along the line, I
> got that now to show as the Secondary Master, but I didn't notice when it
> changed, so I don't know which combination got that back right.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> It is not that important any more, as the drive I am trying to copy is
very
> old, small, and has much outdated stuff on it. I pretty much CD burned
> everything that I wanted, so that isn't an issue. It just irritates me
that
> I can't figure out why it won't see two drives.
>
> BTW, this is my Maxtor replacement that I am trying to get installed in
> here. An 80GB drive that has failed twice and been replaced twice in less
> than two years. I know on their site, they say that they may send you a
> refurbished drive, but the first one I received was dated only a month
> sooner that the date I got it, and this one is dated April 2003. I have to
> "ass-u-me" that that means that they are new?? or would that be a
refurbish
> date on the back of the hard drive? It is not a separate sticker, the
whole
> sticker on the back of the hard drive is all in one piece. So I would also
> like to know if this could be a defective hard drive, BEFORE I bother
> putting all my *stuff* back on there.
>
> nightsneak
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 8:34 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Transfering data from old computer to new
>
>
> > In my opinion, if you don't have a burner or the transfer cables (as KC
> mentioned), and you don't want to spend the money for extra equipment, and
> its easy enough for you to access the tower to open it up... the way you
> mentioned would probably be the best way of doing it. Just hook up the old
> drive to the new computer as a second HD, and then trasnfer the files.
Very
> easy to do. Just requires connecting the drive, and barring rare cases,
your
> system should recognize the drive with no problem.
> > ---Troth
>
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