Hard drive help

[shookwun]

well my Desktop keeps getting the blue error and it would cost more to repair then the value of the desktop as its fairly old. Decided to purchase a lap top a few months ago and would like to retrieve all information off my desktop and transfer it to my laptop how amongst would i go by doing this, somebody told me earlier on in the year but I forgot what I need.


Desktop hard drive > laptop > retain all necessary information of `value`

Thanks,

 

[Captain Pooka]

Right, well... it sort of depends on the problem with your desktop. If it was indeed the hdd, then you will have to go through a more lengthy process.

Assuming the hdd is ok, it's still not going to be easy. You can't just hook up your drive as a slave in your laptop. You're going to have to buy an external enclosure to accomidate your 3.5" hdd and connect it via USB to your laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010010092 1053807123&name=3.5"

In this case, you will be able to hook up your drive through USB and just see it in "My Computer" as you would a regular flash drive. This way you should be able to pull everything off.

If this is NOT the case and your hdd is bad, you will have to run a program, such as getdataback or something of the sort, to pull all of your information off.

In either case, you'll need an external enclosure. If you have another *working* desktop computer laying around you can use that instead...

-Q