Oh Dear!
Oh Dear!
On Wednesday morning, my computer wouldn't come on, no life at all; so I took it to the local computer expert.
I had been the victim of a power surge and the computer was a write off. The man managed to save most of the stuff on my hard drive and gave it to me to 'connect' to the new computer.
I now have a nice shiny new lap top but haven't the foggiest idea how I connect my old hard drive to the new computer. I don't want to open it up as I'm afraid of invalidating the warranty, nor do I particularly want to go back to the computer man as he charges 65 euros per hour.
Any ideas?
I had been the victim of a power surge and the computer was a write off. The man managed to save most of the stuff on my hard drive and gave it to me to 'connect' to the new computer.
I now have a nice shiny new lap top but haven't the foggiest idea how I connect my old hard drive to the new computer. I don't want to open it up as I'm afraid of invalidating the warranty, nor do I particularly want to go back to the computer man as he charges 65 euros per hour.
Any ideas?
I'm sorry I can't help but it was a power cut that did for my computer recently - I have it on my list to order UPS protection - Uninterruptable Power Supply - I'm going to do it now!!! It's one of the irritations of living in France. Good luck with reinstalling the hard drive - mine couldn't be saved
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presuming its an IDE drive, you need one of these
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but you also need to power it somehow
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but you also need to power it somehow
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ah it looks like that has a power adapter as well
I've never done it, but it MAY not be that simple! Not sure if you have to configure the jumpers to be secondary master/slave, but it has to be worth a bit of faffing
I've never done it, but it MAY not be that simple! Not sure if you have to configure the jumpers to be secondary master/slave, but it has to be worth a bit of faffing
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it would be worth checking out the drive manufacturers website as well..... they sometimes have utilities you can download for recovery
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Sarah,
If it's a laptop hard drive then you need an external hub that you link to your new laptop via the usb. I suggest you take it to a computer shop and show them because you may need more than the basic hub if you've just been left with the drive card.
(I had to go through all this a few months ago, although luckily our tech guys at work provided all the stuff. But I did need an extra gizmo to keep it in place in the hub.)
If it's a laptop hard drive then you need an external hub that you link to your new laptop via the usb. I suggest you take it to a computer shop and show them because you may need more than the basic hub if you've just been left with the drive card.
(I had to go through all this a few months ago, although luckily our tech guys at work provided all the stuff. But I did need an extra gizmo to keep it in place in the hub.)
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