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Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by chyron, Oct 7, 2009.

  1. chyron

    chyron Guest

    Ok...I have a HP desktop running Vista premium. I "had" an Emachine that ran
    XP, but it died. (I think the power supply went out) Whatever the case I am
    not going to get the XP computer fixed, but I do want some files off the old
    harddrive out of it. How do I do that? I'm hearing of a USB adapter of some
    sort that will do it...is that true? I went on Ebay, saw some USB's but am
    not sure they will do what I need for them to do.
     
    chyron, Oct 7, 2009
    #1
  3. smlunatick

    smlunatick Guest

    On Oct 7, 7:21 pm, "chyron" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Ok...I have a HP desktop running Vista premium. I "had" an Emachine that ran
    > XP, but it died. (I think the power supply went out) Whatever the case I am
    > not going to get the XP computer fixed, but I do want some files off the old
    > harddrive out of it. How do I do that? I'm hearing of a USB adapter of some
    > sort that will do it...is that true? I went on Ebay, saw some USB's but am
    > not sure they will do what I need for them to do.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    The "safer" method is to get an external "drive" enclosure and place
    the XP drive into this "box." The driver then becomes a USB hard
    drive and you can access the files, providing the drive "folder"
    structures are still working.

    Personally, I would "avoid" eBay for this product. I am assuming that
    you may have important files to save.
     
    smlunatick, Oct 7, 2009
    #2
  4. Tim Slattery

    Tim Slattery Guest

    "chyron" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >Ok...I have a HP desktop running Vista premium. I "had" an Emachine that ran
    >XP, but it died. (I think the power supply went out) Whatever the case I am
    >not going to get the XP computer fixed, but I do want some files off the old
    >harddrive out of it. How do I do that? I'm hearing of a USB adapter of some
    >sort that will do it...is that true? I went on Ebay, saw some USB's but am
    >not sure they will do what I need for them to do. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    They exist and they will do what you need done. I've used this one:
    Worked very well.

    --
    Tim Slattery
    Slattery_T@bls.gov
     
    Tim Slattery, Oct 7, 2009
    #3
  5. whs

    whs Guest

    smlunatick;1154623 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > On Oct 7, 7:21*pm, "chyron" <nos...@newsgroup> wrote:> > > <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro--><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > > > Ok...I have a HP desktop running Vista premium. I "had" an Emachine<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > > that ran<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > > > XP, but it died. (I think the power supply went out) Whatever the<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > > case I am<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > > > not going to get the XP computer fixed, but I do want some files off<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > > the old<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > > > harddrive out of it. How do I do that? I'm hearing of a USB adapter<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > > of some<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > > > sort that will do it...is that true? I went on Ebay, saw some USB's<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > > but am<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > > > not sure they will do what I need for them to do. > > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > The "safer" method is to get an external "drive" enclosure and place
    > the XP drive into this "box." The driver then becomes a USB hard
    > drive and you can access the files, providing the drive "folder"
    > structures are still working.
    >
    > Personally, I would "avoid" eBay for this product. I am assuming that
    > you may have important files to save.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


    These are examples of how they look and what they cost: 'hdd enclosure
    - Search at Office Depot'
    ()


    --
    whs
     
    whs, Oct 7, 2009
    #4
  6. Ken Blake, MVP

    Ken Blake, MVP Guest

    On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:21:58 -0400, "chyron" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Ok...I have a HP desktop running Vista premium. I "had" an Emachine that ran
    > XP, but it died. (I think the power supply went out) Whatever the case I am
    > not going to get the XP computer fixed, but I do want some files off the old
    > harddrive out of it. How do I do that? I'm hearing of a USB adapter of some
    > sort that will do it...is that true? I went on Ebay, saw some USB's but am
    > not sure they will do what I need for them to do. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->



    Are you familiar with External USB drives? Let me explain that such a
    drive is nothing but a regular *internal* drive installed in a special
    USB case. You can buy such a case retail (personally I would stay away
    from eBay because I wouldn't want to run the risk of getting burnt by
    a seller) for around $20-25. Putting the drive into such a case is
    *extremely* easy, and even if you are all thumbs, almost certainly you
    could do it in under five minutes.

    After you have finished copying off the files you want, you then have
    an external drive that you can use for any purpose you want--backups
    for example.

    --
    Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
    Please Reply to the Newsgroup
     
    Ken Blake, MVP, Oct 7, 2009
    #5
  7. lemur

    lemur Guest

    lemur, Oct 7, 2009
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