My old HD connected to the new computer doesn't know nor care if it's inside
or outside; 'works the same either way and was plug-and-play easy - 'just
plug it in, turn it on and it's done.
BTW, my old computer was fine for what I need if I could have depended on
its working when I needed it; it "hung up"/stopped too much; had to reboot
often, etc., and, of course, I couldn't get upgraded programs for some stuff
I wanted to run.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - New computer
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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