Re: Please Help

Thanks Rod.
I lost the original installation disk
that installed the HD in the old computer.
Do I need this disk? Or can I install
it without the disk?

Also, how do I designate the old HD
as a slave?

Larry

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3nkme9F1vmt3U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Polish Prince (Szynka) <wawrzekski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>> My old PC's OS refused to boot.
>> The PC was over 6 years old so I invested in a new Compaq.
>
>> I removed the HD from my old PC and
>> I have some valuable files that I want to transfer to my new PC. What is
>> the easiest
>
> Install it into the new Compaq assuming its a desktop system.
>
>> and safest way to do this?
>
> Its a bit safer to get an external USB2 or firewire
> housing and put the old drive in that and do it that way.
>
>


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