Wanting to get information from old IDE Harddrive...
Hey guys, I have these old IDE hard drives with 2 jumpers in them for some reason, ones a e-machine 8 gb and other a maxtor 50gb I think.
I am looking for some old files I really need right now.
Besides the point, is it possible for me to disconnect my main hard drive put in the IDE hard drive as my master then will it boot???? Can that work? or is it possible to just set it to slave and access it in my computer as storage.
These hard drives I think have windows 98 on them maybe one has XP. They are perfectly alive and well but the old computer cases and components (mobo,cpu, ect) are long gone. About 5-6 year old hard drives these are.
I am looking for some old files I really need right now.
Besides the point, is it possible for me to disconnect my main hard drive put in the IDE hard drive as my master then will it boot???? Can that work? or is it possible to just set it to slave and access it in my computer as storage.
These hard drives I think have windows 98 on them maybe one has XP. They are perfectly alive and well but the old computer cases and components (mobo,cpu, ect) are long gone. About 5-6 year old hard drives these are.
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So the old hard hardrives like the 10GB one would not have any problems with my video card or anything like that? specially if I have to boot it as a master instead of slave. My specs are in sig.
And no harm will be done by doing this?
Your and easiest bet it to get an external ide drive case and connect them that way. They only cost around $25 and you can pick them up anywhere. It'll be the least headache inducing for you and you don't have to mess around with your computer bios settings or anything else.
One of these???
Anyone know where I can buy one online or if thats what you guys are talking about.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817388014
Or something like it. That one will take both SATA and IDE drives, so you should find it quite useful.
So far so good. I got a external IDE enclosure.
But on of my hard drives says I need to format it to do anything like look in it........... But my files are in it. What can I do now? Anyway to get my files?