Re: Installing IDE HD to new desktop PC to transfer files

Tom and Barry,

Thanks for the input. It will be used just temporarily to transfer the data,
then put back in the old PC, wiped clean and re-formatted, and hopefully it
will become my son's PC to use next fall for school. I figure after doing a
re-format and re-installing things (hmm, first I better fix the optical
drives or buy a new one) that I can install my XP Home upgrade as well.

Bob

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:000001c7a7ec$e32917b0$de01a8c0@xxxxxxxx
Barry's suggestion is a good one for an occasional use, but if you want
to use it long-term, get an external USB2 case, with fan, in which to
mount the drive.

No support for IDE in the 520 otherwise.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hayden [mailto:bobhayden@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Posted At: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:59 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: Installing IDE HD to new desktop PC to transfer files
Subject: Installing IDE HD to new desktop PC to transfer files

My new Dell E520 system is on its way so I can replace my aging
dinosaur.
It's had its problems recently, and when I tried to upgrade from
Windows 98
to XP it really messed things up and I had to back out of the whole
thing...2 solid days lost fixing that one (it should have upgraded
without
too much problem).

At any rate, I have 2 IDE hard disks on my PC with a mountain of data
(pics,
video, music, Office files, etc) that I want to transfer. Both optical
drives are now non-functional although I do have a 1 GB flash drive.
However, I woule REALLY like to be able to rip the HD drive out and
install
it on the new PC as a slave drive and then copy everything over.
However,
the new PC is SATA and the old drives are IDE.

How best/easiest/cheapest can I transfer everything over? Is there an
IDE
controller on my new PC and if so how can I access it? Does the DVD
burner
run off an IDE controller and if so, can I just disconnect the cable
and the
power and connect it to the HD and then reboot and transfer...then
shut
down
and re-connect the DVD burner?

Thanks for any and all advice.




.

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