Macs are easier -- I have hooked up all sorts of combinations of hard
drives (SCSI, IDE, external, internal, firewire, USB) with no
trouble at all.
They also read Windoze and DOS disks and hard drives, although the
programs will only run if you have the correct emulation software
loaded.
Peter
On Apr 20, 2009, at 8:09 PM, E M wrote:
I was thinking about installing the old HD internally into the new
pc, but
someone told me, you have to fiddle with pins on the back of the HD
to tell
the comp it's a slave drive. It all started to sound pretty
confusing fast.
lol
My plan for the future is to keep most info on external drives, and
the comp
pretty much free. Haven't decided if the next comp will be another
desktop,
or take the jump and go laptop. For me, storage was always the
biggest
issue with computers and what made me upgrade to newer stuff.
Truth is, for
95% of what I do, a 10 year old pc works pretty much ok, other than
you
become stuck with hardware that won't allow softward upgrades.
Ed
300E
2009/4/20 WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
Haven't loaded a Zip drive onto the new machine. 'Few days ago,
though, I
removed the HD from my old machine and inserted it into an HD
enclosure
(ordered from cablestogo.com) which I plugged into USB port on the
new
machine, making it, temporarily, a part of the new one. 'Wish I
had done
that immediately when I got the new computer; makes transfer of
stuff very
easy. Total cost of the "enclosure," etc., including shipping,
min. order
charge, etc., was $35; saw a like unit at Staples for $41.
'Extremely easy
to set it up - remove HD from old computer, open enclosure, plug
in the two
cables inside the unit, close it up, plug the unit's USB cable
into new
computer, plug in the enclosure's power cord, turn on the
enclosure's power
switch, and it comes up on the new computer screen as one of the
new machine
as one of it's drives; use it just like any of it's other drives.
After I
get what I want off it, I'll format the old drive, and use it for
backup or
whatever.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - New computer
Wilton,
I'm in a similar situation as you, trying to pull stuff old older
machines,
both a win98 and several old macs, and switching it over to a Vista
machine. I borrowed a friends older Zip machine, as you
mentioned using
one
in the past. Did you have any problems loading the old drivers
onto your
Vista machine?
Once I get everything moved over, I'll back up on an external HD,
but
right
now, the trick is getting everything one one machine. I haven't
had much
luck using a memory stick, as one of the old usb ports is 1.0,
and to be
honest, I'm not smart enough with computers to mess about
switching HDs
over
from other machines.
Thanks Wilton.
Regards,
Ed
300E
2009/4/20 WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
BTW, Wonko, I can get WCPE (theclassicalstation.org) on my new
computer.
'Sure is nice!
Wilton
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