Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - New computer
hmmm, I'll have to open the new computer up over the weekend and see if the cables will allow me to add another HD. I might just give it a shot and seewhat happens.So once the second HD is installed internally, the comp should see it as anextra drive, no other messing about needed? I guess if it doesn't work, I can always go back to the way things were.I think me new comp is a slim case like yours Wilton, but there seems to beone or two free bays. Ed 300E 2009/4/20 WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com>My old HD connected to the new computer doesn't know nor care if it'sinside 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 onits 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 stuffI 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 computerI was thinking about installing the old HD internally into the new pc, butsomeone 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 newmachine, making it, temporarily, a part of the new one. 'Wish I had donethat 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 machineas one of it's drives; use it just like any of it's other drives. AfterIget what I want off it, I'll format the old drive, and use it for backupor 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 Vistamachine. I borrowed a friends older Zip machine, as you mentioned usingone 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 muchluck 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 HDsover 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! 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