Alvaretto

I have a hard drive from an old computer with some info I need to get. How can I read it in my new machine?

Thanks.

PC eye

If the current system sees an ide drive you can easily slave the drive on the same cable and allow Windows to detect and install it as a new device provided the partition(s) are still intact. From there you copy + paste files and folder as you go along.

For troublesome partitions that can't be read from an older system the options for use of a data recovery program or seletively choosing a live for cd Linux distro like ubuntu, Knoppix, or a few of the numerous others allows for viewing and copying files from a partition otherwise unreadable. The image here shows copying files from an external usb drive onto an internal sata is done while booted with a live version of ubuntu.

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Ambushed

Well, how much experience have you got with computers?

1) You could put the files onto a disk (or any storage devices) - IF your old computer runs
2) You could take the physical hard-drive out off your old's computers mother board and plug it into your new computers motherboard.

Could you tell us what do the connectors running into the hard-drive look like?

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