How to transfer old hard drive to new computer?
My old computer (Dell 4600 Desktop) died. I just purchased a new Dell "XPS"
420 with Vista Ultimate 2006 installed.
I have installed my old hard drive, from my failed computer, in an external
USB enclosure. I can see the files from my old hard drive on my new computer
but can't figure how to transfer them to my new computer?
My new computer has an Easy Transfer program but it seems to assume that the
old computer being transfered from is a working computer which mine isn't.
Is there any way I can retrieve my old hard drive information in it's
original working format and settings? I do have all the programs installed on
my new computer that are associated with my old hard drive data.
Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Ray19

If the drive boots to windows, put it in the new machine alone, and use Easy
Transfer. Run that on the new machine first. It will create a CD or flash
drive you can use with the old system.

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"Ray19" <sanray19-general******.com> wrote in message
news:4AFF92EB-A8F9-4BFA-96BE-DC62F8C34DAC@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> How to transfer old hard drive to new computer?
> My old computer (Dell 4600 Desktop) died. I just purchased a new Dell
> "XPS"
> 420 with Vista Ultimate 2006 installed.
> I have installed my old hard drive, from my failed computer, in an
> external
> USB enclosure. I can see the files from my old hard drive on my new
> computer
> but can't figure how to transfer them to my new computer?
> My new computer has an Easy Transfer program but it seems to assume that
> the
> old computer being transfered from is a working computer which mine isn't.
> Is there any way I can retrieve my old hard drive information in it's
> original working format and settings? I do have all the programs installed
> on
> my new computer that are associated with my old hard drive data.
> Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
> --
> Ray19[/color]

"Ray19" <sanray19-general******.com> wrote in message
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> How to transfer old hard drive to new computer?
> My old computer (Dell 4600 Desktop) died. I just purchased a new Dell[/color]
"XPS"[color=blue]
> 420 with Vista Ultimate 2006 installed.
> I have installed my old hard drive, from my failed computer, in an[/color]
external[color=blue]
> USB enclosure. I can see the files from my old hard drive on my new[/color]
computer[color=blue]
> but can't figure how to transfer them to my new computer?
> My new computer has an Easy Transfer program but it seems to assume that[/color]
the[color=blue]
> old computer being transfered from is a working computer which mine isn't.
> Is there any way I can retrieve my old hard drive information in it's
> original working format and settings? I do have all the programs installed[/color]
on[color=blue]
> my new computer that are associated with my old hard drive data.
> Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
> --
> Ray19[/color]



You do not need any special software,
just copy the data over using windows explorer.

Note: some of the data that were in My Documents *might* be inaccessible.
If that's the case you will need to take ownership

It's covered by Windows help

Ray19 <sanray19-general******.com> wrote:
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>I have installed my old hard drive, from my failed computer, in an external
>USB enclosure. I can see the files from my old hard drive on my new computer[/color]

So just copy them to where you want them on the new machine. Use
drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste or whatever copy method you're
comfortable with.

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