Transferring Data to New PC

[Jbizzle]

Hey everyone,

I just built up my new rig tonight, and was wondering what the easiest way to get all the data off my old HD was.

Would it be possible to hook it up through SATA or IDE even if it has XP running on it (I am running vista x64)?


Thanks!

 

[Yakyb]

network it providing old pc is still intact

 

[Old Hippie]

You should be able to install it in your computer and leave it out of the boot sequence, to remove your data.

If your computer hesitates and "gets confused" at boot, I suggest putting the extra drive in a USB external case to remove the data.

Good Luck!

 

[g1tigi]

I just did this over the summer with a win2k to vista upgrade. Just install vista on the new hd with the old one unplugged. Then, as old hippie said, just make sure your old hd is not in the boot sequence and you should be good to go. I vaguely remember vista complaining about another installation of windows...but I think you should be fine

 

[Jbizzle]

thanks for the replies. How would I go about keeping the old HD out of the boot sequence though?

 

[[LYL]Homer]

Check your BIOS. There will likely be 2 things to look for in relation to booting. First, there will be an option to boot from HDD, CD-ROM, floppy, etc. Second, when you have multiple hdd's you'll need to set which one is the boot drive. Take a look at the model numbers of your drives and choose the newer one to boot from. It should boot into your new setup and your old hdd will be E: or F: or some other letter.

 

[g1tigi]

for me, it was as easy as opening up the bios (f1? del? depends on who made your bios), looking for the menu item that edited the boot sequence, removing all other drives/peripherals from that boot seq and leaving only the HD of choice. (sorry if that's vague)

...this was my ghetto way of dual booting linux and vista, with each installed on a different HD.