Re: Salvage Win98 files on old PC to XP PC?
- From: "smlunatick" <yveslec(NOsPaM)@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:40:13 -0400
Locate a compatible USB hard drive enclosure / case and move the older hard
drive to it. If you are lucky, you will be able to see the drive directly as a
drive letter. If not, look for a disk recovery software which would let you
recover files on a non-accessible drive.
On 25/03/2008 cyndiwise notsowise
<cyndiwisenotsowise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I doubt it was the power supply because I can power up the PC still. Windowsin
won't boot from the hard drive, and since the floppy drive doesn't work
there's now way to boot it up is there?
I realize I can add the old hard drive to the XP PC, but I would rather not
crack open the XP PC if I can avoid it. I did this once to upgrade the RAM,
but it still makes me nervous!
If I remove the old hard drive from the W98 PC, is there any way to hook it
up by cable to the XP PC?
"db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote:
with all the failures
you mentioned then
it might be simply
that the power supply
went kaput.
most computers come
with 1 harddrive but with
the options to have 2.
what you might want
to try is to install your
old harddrive into the
new computer as a slave
"or" perhaps as a master
if you are in an experimenting
mood.
--
db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
"cyndiwise notsowise" <cyndiwisenotsowise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
failed.message news:88DC2351-9AE6-45D3-9545-64997522C7AC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have an old PC with Windows 98 OS that has 'died'. I can't boot it up;
prior to full failure the CD ROM drive failed, then the floppy drive
XP beNow Windows won't boot up at all.
I THINK there are a few files on the old hard drive that I would like to
access (old emails). I am currently using another PC with Windows XP Home,
SP2. Is there a way I can hook up the old hard drive to the XP PC? Will
hardable to read the drive and files?
I'd rather not try to install the old hard drive in the XP PC, if possible.
Is there some sort of technical gadget that will let me hook up the old
virus?drive via USB?
Also, is it possible that the old hard drive could be infected with a
.I've always wondered why the whole PC slowly lost one component at a time
until it was dead.
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