I'm buying a new PC for my b-in-law who stuffed his: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4651460&CatId=2663
The HDD from the old PC should still be fine so I want to add it to the new PC so that we can grab the files off of it. The new PC comes with Vista already installed and the new HDD is SATA II. The old HDD is most likely an IDE drive and has some form of XP installed. Obviously i don't want the old HDD as the master, it should be the slave. I don't remember the jumper settings that i need to change for slave. Do i need to play with the jumper settings, or is the new HDD already set as master in the BIOS? I am sure Vista will be set up on C: and i'm sure the old OS was on C: as well, so how will VIsta recognize the old HDD once booted up? Will there be conflicts with drive letters?
Thanks.
The HDD from the old PC should still be fine so I want to add it to the new PC so that we can grab the files off of it. The new PC comes with Vista already installed and the new HDD is SATA II. The old HDD is most likely an IDE drive and has some form of XP installed. Obviously i don't want the old HDD as the master, it should be the slave. I don't remember the jumper settings that i need to change for slave. Do i need to play with the jumper settings, or is the new HDD already set as master in the BIOS? I am sure Vista will be set up on C: and i'm sure the old OS was on C: as well, so how will VIsta recognize the old HDD once booted up? Will there be conflicts with drive letters?
Thanks.