Well the 40 gig installed fine, but the 120 gig did not show up even on my computer. If it was not for the 40 gig showing up I would never have recovered the data I was so desperate to save. Here I do not even understand how to plug in a new drive? Is this a new type of inputs for the drive? I think I used the inputs for the next cdrw type drive, I could not see a way of inputting new drives but by the 2 wires I described already. I can see your one very smart woman and please let me say I enjoy your input. What would you think? Is this a SATA type drive or something else? Would it be possible it input my other of 2 cdrw's or my other drive without to much trouble? Wires everywhere, even where I thought the hard drives went......YUCK....VISTA my you have diarrhea for a month! Oh Hun if I could ( To move Data ) But ya may be seeing me for the cables......Get into the old west :-), The old computer is a bust! The hubby threw out the old computer but I still have the drives and CDRW's God Bless Becky Tech Rose - LoveBytes <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Is the second drive installed? What was the problem. More than likely, the machine will NOT take your old parallel drive from your old machine. But, if you old machine is up and running, Vista has a program to transfer your data to the new machine. You have to buy a cable to do it. I got one. I cannot remember how much it cost off the top of my head, but I will say about $30. If you were nearby, I would lend it to you.... Come Visit Las Vegas.... lol! Rose --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/