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03-11-2004, 02:03 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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Need help getting info off a hard drive.
As some of you know, my pc crashed the other day. I decided it was time to buy a new one. So, I need to get the stuff off my old hard drives and put them on my new one. Problem is I don't know what the hell I'm doing, but I do know that the old hard drives are both scuzzy drives. Any help would be much appreciated. And remember, please explain this like you are talking to a kindergardener. 
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03-11-2004, 02:12 PM
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powderwhore
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Need some more info.
Couple of quick questions:
1) Does your new system have SCSI, Serial ATA and/or, IDE?
2) Does your old system have a PCI SCSI card?
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03-11-2004, 02:17 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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Quote:
Originally posted by fast_guy99
Need some more info.
Couple of quick questions:
1) Does your new system have SCSI, Serial ATA and/or, IDE?
2) Does your old system have a PCI SCSI card?
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New system is IDE.
No idea if the old one has a PCI SCSI card.
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-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
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"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 02:35 PM
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powderwhore
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In your old system, trace the cables coming out the back of the hard drives. Does that cable go to the motherboard or a card that can be removed?
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03-11-2004, 02:38 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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Both are plugged into the motherboard.
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-Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez *KIA* March 28, 2003
-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 02:39 PM
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How big is the hard drive in the new system vs old system? If the old system has the drives attached to a PCI SCSI card, you are in luck and transfer should be fairly easy. Cough up some info bro. 
Nevermind, just read you post after replying. Ouch. SCSI motherboard. What sizes are the hard drives? This should make for an interesting project. You wouldn't know any linux by chance would you?? LOL
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Slutty22 - June 2004
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03-11-2004, 02:43 PM
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Old hard drives are both 3.98 gigs. New hard drive is 160 gigs.
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-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 02:45 PM
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You running XP on both (well, were running on the old one) machines? Is all the data you are trying to get in the "My Documents" folder or is there other stuff you need?
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Anubis is no longer a bitch!!!
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"Its kinda like after sex......with a totally new chick....and It comes time to flush the condum down the drain.....you really dont want to cause its kinda your only memory of that night.....
we will miss you little used condum... "
Slutty22 - June 2004
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03-11-2004, 02:48 PM
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Old system is XP Pro. New system is XP Home. Just trying to get all my useless crap. Pics, MP3's, etc.
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-Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez *KIA* March 28, 2003
-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 03:05 PM
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Do you know if the hard drive itself crashed or if Windblows took a shiot? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to get a grasp of which direction to take.
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Anubis is no longer a bitch!!!
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"Its kinda like after sex......with a totally new chick....and It comes time to flush the condum down the drain.....you really dont want to cause its kinda your only memory of that night.....
we will miss you little used condum... "
Slutty22 - June 2004
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03-11-2004, 03:09 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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The more questions the better. What happened was I installed some new RAM sticks and apparently the wrong ones. When windows XP started up, it went to some weird menu and started deleting some files. Then, it rebooted and started up just fine but when it came time for the desktop to appear the screen just stayed black and the white arrow was the only thing there. So I think it's a problem with XP on the old system.
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-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 03:11 PM
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When you boot up the old machine, is there any menu that allows you to go to "safe mode"?
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Anubis is no longer a bitch!!!
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"Its kinda like after sex......with a totally new chick....and It comes time to flush the condum down the drain.....you really dont want to cause its kinda your only memory of that night.....
we will miss you little used condum... "
Slutty22 - June 2004
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03-11-2004, 03:13 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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Safe mode did not work. The only thing that happened was the black screen with Safe Mode in all 4 corners. On top of the screen there was just Windows XP a bunch of numhers and letters Service Pack 1. That's it.
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-Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez *KIA* March 28, 2003
-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 03:14 PM
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clutch it up!!!
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TAKE THEM BOTH TO BEST BUY AND PAY THEM 90 DOLLARS TO DO IT FOR YOU!
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03-11-2004, 03:15 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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Quote:
Originally posted by motopsyko32
TAKE THEM BOTH TO BEST BUY AND PAY THEM 90 DOLLARS TO DO IT FOR YOU!
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I'm about too... LOL
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Sig courtesy of Petrol Spice
-Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez *KIA* March 28, 2003
-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 03:15 PM
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powderwhore
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Bummer. 1) Find someone with a PCI SCSI card. Set up in new system. Copy porn…ummm excuse me, mp3s to new IDE hard drive. That is one way to do it.
-OR- 2) set drives up in friends computer w/ SCSI support.
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I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen.
~Lloyd Christmas
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03-11-2004, 03:22 PM
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Yo Moto, easier said than done when you've actually got the $90 to spend. College guys don't have the luxury of expendable cash flow, hence why he's had a P2-266 for this long 
Okay, no safe mode. Bummer. You ain't makin' this easy are you?  Too bad I'm not in AZ, I'd pop a CD in and have it done in 5 minutes. Fjorn knows what I'm talking about. 
Can you network the two? Crossover cable if peer to peer or pass through if you have a hub/switch. Might be a way to get Ghost to work in our favor for once.
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Anubis is no longer a bitch!!!
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"Its kinda like after sex......with a totally new chick....and It comes time to flush the condum down the drain.....you really dont want to cause its kinda your only memory of that night.....
we will miss you little used condum... "
Slutty22 - June 2004
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03-11-2004, 03:23 PM
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Be back in a bit bro. Gotta deliver a system that I built for someone. Hang tight. Hopefully Fjorn or Phosh will jump in here with some suggestions in the meantime.
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Anubis is no longer a bitch!!!
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"Its kinda like after sex......with a totally new chick....and It comes time to flush the condum down the drain.....you really dont want to cause its kinda your only memory of that night.....
we will miss you little used condum... "
Slutty22 - June 2004
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03-11-2004, 03:24 PM
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Wishin' I Was Fishin'
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Quote:
Originally posted by 1700warrior
Fjorn knows what I'm talking about.
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I was actually on the phone with Shawn for about a half hour last night and I had him stumped...
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-Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez *KIA* March 28, 2003
-Michael James Johnson August 12, 2003 1:18 AM R.I.P.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
"A Government large enough to give you everything you need, is large enough to take away everything you have."
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03-11-2004, 03:27 PM
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clutch it up!!!
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TAKE IT TO BEST BUY
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