-=PCTechTalk=- Re: -=Correction------PCTechTalk=- Re: Transferingdata from old computer to new
- From: DavisUnit <davist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:37:24 -0300
nightsneak wrote:
>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
>
Do you have the Slave drive settings in CMOS set to "None" ?
Terry
>
>----- 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
>
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>>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
>>
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>the
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>>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
>>
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>slave
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>>to the CD. It will show a master, but no slave. Also, for quite a while,
>>
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>it
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>>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
>>
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>very
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>>old, small, and has much outdated stuff on it.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
>>
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>that
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>>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
>>
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>refurbish
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>>date on the back of the hard drive? It is not a separate sticker, the
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>whole
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>>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
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>>>In my opinion, if you don't have a burner or the transfer cables (as KC
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>>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.
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>Very
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>>easy to do. Just requires connecting the drive, and barring rare cases,
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>your
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>>system should recognize the drive with no problem.
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>>>---Troth
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>>>
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