Hard Drive Question

moundtown · 03-04-2006, 06:19 AM

I'm hoping that someone here can help me out with this. Here's the scenario. I have an older computer that has the Windows 98SE operating system. I just bought a new computer with Windows XP Pro installed. The hard drive on the old computer contains many files that I need to transfer to the new computer.

I'm wondering if I can take the hard drive from the old computer (with win 98 installed on it) and install it as a slave hard drive in the new Windows XP computer and be able to access and transfer files from it to the new hard drive. And after that format the old hard drive and use it for storage.

Thanks

**The_Other_One** · 03-04-2006, 06:24 AM

Yup...just set the other drive to slave and make sure the bios is set to auto detect(which it usally is by default) In windows, you MIGHt have to go to computer management(rightclick my computer, manage, disk proporties, logical disks...or something like that) and assign a drive letter to the new HD...sometimes you do sometimes it's automatic.

moundtown · 03-04-2006, 10:08 AM

Thank you for the info. So you don't think there will be a problem with the old hard drive having a bootable operating system on it?

**ceewi1** · 03-04-2006, 10:25 AM

No, as long as the boot order is set correctly in the BIOS, you'll be fine.

03-04-2006, 06:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
moundtown New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10	Hard Drive Question I'm hoping that someone here can help me out with this. Here's the scenario. I have an older computer that has the Windows 98SE operating system. I just bought a new computer with Windows XP Pro installed. The hard drive on the old computer contains many files that I need to transfer to the new computer. I'm wondering if I can take the hard drive from the old computer (with win 98 installed on it) and install it as a slave hard drive in the new Windows XP computer and be able to access and transfer files from it to the new hard drive. And after that format the old hard drive and use it for storage. Thanks

03-04-2006, 06:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,388	Yup...just set the other drive to slave and make sure the bios is set to auto detect(which it usally is by default) In windows, you MIGHt have to go to computer management(rightclick my computer, manage, disk proporties, logical disks...or something like that) and assign a drive letter to the new HD...sometimes you do sometimes it's automatic. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

03-04-2006, 10:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,348	No, as long as the boot order is set correctly in the BIOS, you'll be fine. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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03-04-2006, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
moundtown New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10	Thank you for the info. So you don't think there will be a problem with the old hard drive having a bootable operating system on it?