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> So, I'm a hardware newbie. I really, really don't like opening my machine. I
> have a machine I'm no longer using. It has a good 30 or 40 gig hard drive in
> it. Can I just deattach the ribbon from the... circuit board I assume, take
> the drive, set it to slave, attach the ribbon to my existing hard drive on
> my current computer, and be done with it? I also assume I'll have to connect
> power somehow.
The power cables should be "loose" in your current machine, and the
slot they go into is fairly obvious - but all you need is the cable
(I'm assuming IDE) and the power, and that's it
> This doable? Easy? Something I should avoid as a clueless hardware guy?
Something VERY easy - just make sure you're "grounded" when you're
fiddling with the innards, and that the machine is off (obviously :P)
It might be a good idea to leave the power cable still connected as
this will earth the machine, thus being a fairly good ground... but
get an anti-static strap just in case
> I only ask because my nice external 120gig drive has, over the last two
> weeks, starting making .... noises... odd noises... and I'm pretty sure this
> is a sign of its impending doom, so I want to copy files off of it in case
> I'm right.
Good idea - as you might remember, we lost a 120gig drive in an
external case a while back - not pretty
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