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Not a computer guy so i need advice
Posted on 4/5/15 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 4/5/15 at 2:09 pm
I have a 11 year old dell 8300 that still runs xp. I've just purchased a new computer. Dell i-7 xps8700 (64bit). I have accumulated so much on this computer that I need access to. Is there any way to remove the hard drive (32bit)install it, and possibly use as a slave drive, or even use it as a external hard drive with the new computer? or even transfer? I also really important that i have access to the email saved on the present computer. It's Outlook 2003. I'm sure this is a simple process for most of you, but I'm old so....possibly there is a site someone can link me to. Please help.
This post was edited on 4/5/15 at 2:31 pm
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Posted on 4/5/15 at 2:52 pm to vjp819
If it was me, I'd just buy a terabyte external hard drive, put the information you want on that, and transfer it over. That way, your information is backed up and on your new computer.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 2:58 pm to vjp819
If the old drive is 11 yrs old I would not trust it.
How I would do it...
1. Buy a new External USB drive.
2. Plug new drive to old PC. Copy every file you need to keep to new USB drive.
3. Google how to export PST files from Outlook to new drive.
4. Plug new drive to new PC.
5. Google how to import PST files to Outlook.
6. Copy files from new drive to new PC if desired or just leave them on new USB drive.
7. Better still, use a sync program like AllwaySync to sync your files from new PC to new drive so your files are in two places.
How I would do it...
1. Buy a new External USB drive.
2. Plug new drive to old PC. Copy every file you need to keep to new USB drive.
3. Google how to export PST files from Outlook to new drive.
4. Plug new drive to new PC.
5. Google how to import PST files to Outlook.
6. Copy files from new drive to new PC if desired or just leave them on new USB drive.
7. Better still, use a sync program like AllwaySync to sync your files from new PC to new drive so your files are in two places.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 3:03 pm to SG_Geaux
Thanks. external hard drive may be the way for me to go.
is it possible for me to use the existing hard drive as external on the new machine? seems like that would be like skipping the step of transferring to a external.
has anyone ever used M.S. Easy Transfer? if so does it work?
is it possible for me to use the existing hard drive as external on the new machine? seems like that would be like skipping the step of transferring to a external.
has anyone ever used M.S. Easy Transfer? if so does it work?
This post was edited on 4/5/15 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 4/5/15 at 3:08 pm to vjp819
I have not personally but habe heard good things.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 3:09 pm to Jcorye1
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If it was me, I'd just buy a terabyte external hard drive, put the information you want on that, and transfer it over. That way, your information is backed up and on your new computer
This. For one thing, your old computer probably uses the IDE interface for the hard drive, which is obsolete. It was actually nearing obsolescence right around the 11-year ago mark, so I could be wrong about it having IDE. However, the 8300 mobo seems to support both SATA and IDE, so I'm just making the guess (do you happen to know whether it does or doesn't?)... Whether it's slow, unreliable, etc. wouldn't even be a consideration, because if it's IDE, you cannot use the drive in your new computer as an internal/slave. Even if the new PC's motherboard has a legacy IDE interface (doubtful since OEM boards usually have only the bare essentials), your drives are probably in AHCI operating mode, and it is not worth even a second of your time to learn how to put them in IDE mode. You could put it in an old IDE USB 2.0 dock/enclosure, but it's going to be slower than holy hell.
So, get an external drive, start the copy process, and go to sleep or do something else that takes a long, long time.
This post was edited on 4/5/15 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 4/5/15 at 4:10 pm to vjp819
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Is there any way to remove the hard drive (32bit)install it, and possibly use as a slave drive, or even use it as a external hard drive
That is a 120GB IDE hard drive that is hardly worth the trouble of making it work as either an external or an internal drive. My advice would be to use an inexpensive 32GB USB flash drive to move all your files to the new computer. Take a look at your C: drive to determine how much storage you're currently using. You'll probably find that 32GB will be more than enough to hold your user files.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 5:48 pm to Layabout
Thanks all. The HD is the old IDE. Since it cost nothing but the cost of a cord, i'll first ttry windows easy transfer. If that don't work I'll try the transfer to the external, or jump drive and hope it works.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 3:47 pm to vjp819
It's a pretty easy task. Just a reminder you can also youtube it and watch a step by step video on how it's done.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 4:37 pm to vjp819
Several mentioned it, but I don't think this point was made strongly enough: you really, really, really, REALLY need to back up your files. You apparently have 11 years worth of important stuff that is basically an errant speck of dust away from being gone forever.
You seem to want to avoid getting an external drive or jump drive.. why? If you only have 1 copy of something, you should be prepared to lose it. ANY drive can fail at ANY time, whether it's 11 years or 11 seconds old. Throwing in the possibility of theft, accidental deletions, crypto-locking malware, etc. makes me nervous just thinking about not having backups (plural).
I strongly recommend backing up your important stuff to an external drive AND using an online backup service like Carbonite (I think it's $5/month for unlimited storage, and there are many competing services if you don't like Carbonite).
You seem to want to avoid getting an external drive or jump drive.. why? If you only have 1 copy of something, you should be prepared to lose it. ANY drive can fail at ANY time, whether it's 11 years or 11 seconds old. Throwing in the possibility of theft, accidental deletions, crypto-locking malware, etc. makes me nervous just thinking about not having backups (plural).
I strongly recommend backing up your important stuff to an external drive AND using an online backup service like Carbonite (I think it's $5/month for unlimited storage, and there are many competing services if you don't like Carbonite).
Posted on 4/6/15 at 4:44 pm to vjp819
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Thanks all. The HD is the old IDE. Since it cost nothing but the cost of a cord, i'll first ttry windows easy transfer. If that don't work I'll try the transfer to the external, or jump drive and hope it works.
I don't know if you realize this, but a good large external hard drive is less than $100 these days. Just spend the money and make 2 or more copies of your data before you regret it and lose all of that data.
I deal with people having this regret on a daily basis at my job and have to say this over and over again. Just spend the money and take the time to figure out the backup process because it's a lot less painful than the inevitable alternative.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:04 am to efrad
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a good large external hard drive is less than $100 these days
Terabyte drives, off the big shelves, are 75$ish..No reason not to have one
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