This is what ATA/IDE cables and the connections on the hard-drive look like:
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| Mojo Deactivated User 1223 Posts 9/03 |  Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 6:59AMJust before Christmas my old XP driven computer decided to curl up its toes and die on me. Correction, the thing switches on and the thing rattles away like an old Model-T, but it doesn’t seem to wanna boot-up properly, nor does it show any picture. As a result I ended up buying the new computer I’ve been wanting for a while, but was continuously putting off because I wasn’t sure about either Vista or Windows 7. This breakdown simply forced the situation prematurely. Anyway, now I’m trying to retrieve the masses of data that was stored on the old computer, some of which is pretty important. I’ve bought a connection called a “Data Transfer USB 2.0 Cable”, which says all you have to do is connect the two computers together in order to transfer the data. Trouble is it doesn’t seem to want to pick up the old computer, just my new one. I’m sure the hard drive on the old computer’s still working; it’s just the rest of the computer that’s not working properly. Something similar happened before and an engineer retrieved the data somehow. Any ideas as to how I can make direct contact with the old hard drive so I can transfer my old data to my new computer? Be a massive help if someone can help. Thanks in advance. :) [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 8:53AM This is what ATA/IDE cables and the connections on the hard-drive look like: [Link] |
Flash  Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 2:11PM [Link] |
| Mojo Deactivated User 1223 Posts 9/03 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 2:35PM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 2:52PM The noise could be coming from another source, such as a fan in the power supply or on the CPU or graphics cards heatsinks which has worn out its bearing, or gotten so much dust and crud caked on its blades that it's out of balance. If you want to find out if it's the hard drive that's making the noise before you do anything further, you can simply pull the power connector (the plastic plug with the black, red and yellow wires) off the back of the drive, then turn the computer on. [Link] |
| Mojo Deactivated User 1223 Posts 9/03 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 3:03PM [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 3:53PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinRite [Link] |
| Gentleman Jon All-Star Member 1881 Posts 6/05 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 5:45PM My old XP computer had a SATA drive. I believe SATA drives were new when I bought my last XP computer, but it was before Vista came out. [Link] |
| Mojo Deactivated User 1223 Posts 9/03 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 6:47PM [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 7:17PM Granted, I have always done this with another XP computer (never Vista or Windows 7). Frankly, if you had a second XP desktop computer available, I would have told you to just install the old hard-drive into the available ready-to-go second hard-drive bay (that most XP desktops have). They even came with a second "slave" connection already prepared for on the hard-drive ribbon connecting cable. Cost to you: $0.00 I also have done this many times, as well. (But, I wouldn't recommend trying this with a Vista or Windows 7 desktop, as I'm quite sure you will have problems -- and they won't have ATA/IDE connections internally anymore, anyway.) Hell, I've even taken files from an XP machine with a USB flash-drive, and loaded them onto a Vista machine flawlessly. (Note: I'm discussing files, not applications.) One note regarding connecting the drive via the USB route I first described. Do NOT start the target computer with the USB enclosure connected and powered on. This really has nothing to do with the fact that there is an OS on the drive. Rather, there can be boot issues "just because" (a standard Windows explanation :) [Link] |
| DrP0rn0 Senior Member 1836 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 2:25PM Another option is Best Buy. They will do a "data migration" for you for a fixed price. Bring them all the stuff and they'll migrate it for you. The last time I asked it was $99 for up to 10 GB and more for more data. That may or may not be attractive to you. Call them before you go in to save yourself any surprises. @Flash: Sounds like you have one of two issues: Either you didn't do the "take ownership" step recursively, or you didn't do the "add read/write permission" step recursively. The first one (starting from getting file properties) is Security -> Advanced -> Owner. Click the check box that says, "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects". The second one (again from file properties) is Security -> Advanced -> permissions. After adding read or read/write or whatever, check the check box that says "replace permissions on all child objects..." That should fix you up. Dr. P [Link] |
| Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 2:08AM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 12:44PM Now, I've built a RAID system in my home and run all files off a redundant network drive and do overnight full disk (app-level) backups at least once a week on all family PC's to this volume. If I lose a disk, I swap in another and re-image it from the backup. Best investment for peace of mind I've ever made. Good luck with your recovery efforts. [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 1:21PM [Link] |
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