Re: old IBM Thinkpad now external storage to my Vaio laptop

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willinsf@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi, everyone. I just got a friend to extract my old 20G hard drive from
my dead IBM Thinkpad so that I can use externally for my Sony Vaio
Laptop. He got a case and the two usb cables and hooked it up to my
computer. The IBM hd was running Windows ME and Windows XP on the Vaio.
When I connect the external hd to the laptop I get two drives
listed.....One for Windows ME and one for My Documents. I lnow that he
partioned them so that's not why I am writing. I am writing to ask "Is
the Windows ME OS affecting my Vaio? If so, how can I wipe that off so
I can use the space? Do I have to have an OS on that drive? If so, how
can I use my Vaio restore disks to do that? 

Thanks.


Just delete what you don't want on the external drive.

--
Rock
MS MVP  Windows - Shell/User

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