can i connect my old HD to my new pc to access stored info

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fdt51

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my emachine took a crap and i ordered a custom built one which has a sata2
HD and the emachine is ata 100.i collect coins and all my info is stored on a program on the emachine HD. can i install the old HD as well to access my coin collection or will i have a problem because of emachines restore disk. my new mobo (asus m2a-vm) supports ata and sata. also can i install the emachine dvd/rw and card reader into the new pc without the drivers. emachines does not list there drivers on there website. thanks guys
 
Yes, simply plug in the old HDD to the MoBo using it's IDE cable.

For the DVD drive and card reader, it should work fine. Windows may download drivers for it, but I'd think it would be good as-is.
 
jumper setting on old hdd

ok, since my new hdd is sata and the old one is ata, what should i set the jumper at on the old one or not at all ? also will the new pc o/s recognize the old drive and assign it a letter to access it ? new pc s/b here today. thanks again .
 
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