scsi hardrive help

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crazymonkee84

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So one of my old computers decided to die a few weeks back and it now won't boot into windows. It'll get to the windows loading screen but freeze after that and safe mode freezes as well. The computer is old so I don't mind throwing it away but I have some information the hardrives that I would like to keep.

The hardrives are fujistu scsi 68 pin interface hardrives from 2001, but I'm not really sure exactly which ones they are. Is there any wire that I could use to plug into the scsi and make it into IDE or sata so I could run them as secondary drives on my current computer to get the information I need off?
 
I know you can get ide drives to work on a scsi controller but I don't think the other way around. I say search ebay or somewhere for a cheap scsi card.
 
Could I possibly put in a ide hardrive and install windows on it, since there is a ide slot, but I'd have to share it with the cd drive. Then run that as my main and the fujitsu scsi hardrives as slaves and move stuff over to the ide hardrive?
 
actually to save you some future time download a linux live cd such as ubuntu. burn that and boot off of it and transfer the files. it will take about as long to download it as installing an OS. but, you might find more uses for it in the future and will save you more time in the long run
 
I also would get an Ubuntu live cd and just copy the files to an external drive
 
crazymonkee84 said:
Could I possibly put in a ide hardrive and install windows on it, since there is a ide slot, but I'd have to share it with the cd drive. Then run that as my main and the fujitsu scsi hardrives as slaves and move stuff over to the ide hardrive?
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That usually does the trick.
 
Alright sounds awesome. I don't have a linux cd or ubuntu, but windows would be fine right? I just want thecomputer to boot so I can access the scsi drives and I do have a external hardrive so nothing will even really be on the ide hardrive I have.
 
crazymonkee84 said:
Alright sounds awesome. I don't have a linux cd or ubuntu, but windows would be fine right? I just want thecomputer to boot so I can access the scsi drives and I do have a external hardrive so nothing will even really be on the ide hardrive I have.
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Yes, but you need to install windows on a spare IDE drive.
 
ya I have a spare ide drive to install windows onto and thanks for the link, I'll save that for later uses.
 
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