Just wanted to thank you for all the posts. I'm going through much the same thing as Wilton is at the moment, with both a newer HP machine, and trying to pull stuff off an old machine, with an old 1.0 usb, and a CD driver that doesn't burn. Once it's all transferred, I'll burn everything to CDs, and not let some of the hardware get so old.
The old machine works fine, but it just became more trouble than worth. thanks again, Ed 300E 2009/4/13 Ed Booher <edboo...@gmail.com> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Can I remove the HD from the old Compaq Presario and use it as an > > external secondary/auxiliary HD via a USB port on the new HP? > > > > Wilton > > Yup. Just have to transfer the old drive to an external case and plug > in it, Vista will recognize the FAT (File Allocation Table) structure > of the Win98 drive and you'll be able to use it as if it were > internal. Though, I seem to remember you saying earlier that you've > seen USB keys that dwarf the size of the HD in the old Win98 box. > Monetarily, you might be better off to transfer everything to a USB > key instead. (Though I think you said you were having some problems > getting a USB key recognized on the old system, so that might be > viable.) > > You should be able to pick up a drive case for around $20 or so. > > EdB > > -- > "I'm a Night Elf Mohawk!" - Mr. T. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090413/77488a1a/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
