Cheers MJ, I feel capable of tackling that. I look forward to having a go actually.
I'll let you know how I get on. But if I can't get it working I'll hire you. I'll give you the UK living wage plus a cup of tea and a biscuit every hour. You'll have to pay your own travel though ;-) ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : Why get a pro? All you need is a SATA/IDE Cable Converter Adapter for PC, easily available on Amazon pretty cheap. It has a little box on one end that you attach your hard drive to, with a USB cable on the other end to connect to your new computer. The only other thing you need is a small screwdriver, take the hard drive out (plenty of videos showing how, it's not hard) hook the old hard drive to the adapter, plug the USB cable in to the new computer and the old HD shows up on the desktop as an icon - double click on it and drag and drop any files you want to save. From: salyavin808 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 1:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Windows 10 Personally I'd just get a new laptop as and when I need one. The reason is that my favourite 4 year old Windows 7 workhorse suddenly died on me last week and there wasn't much warning, which is odd as they usually have pop-up warnings for everything that's happening whether you want them or not, but not - inexplicably - when the hard drive is about to fail beyond all hope of a simple fix. I've now got to get a pro in to recover the stuff I hadn't quite got round to backing up (oops). I'd like to stay with 7 but MS like to make money and so have to regularly drop the one in favour of another with more features that will undoubtably just get in my way. If 10 is anything like 8 I'll forget the whole thing and buy an abacus. Or a Mac... But if your laptop is newish and not used much it might be worth it as they will stop updates one day. ---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote : Computer query for those of you more tech savvy than me (which is everyone else on FFL). My Windows 7 laptop is suddenly offering me a free upgrade to Windows 10. My questions: Is it really free - or are there hidden charges? Is it worth the bother of installing it - or is it more trouble than it's worth? Apologies for this off-topic thread - most of you are established in bliss consciousness and look upon such mundane matters with amused detachment as a minor ripple on the surface of the Self . . .
