[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone have a recommendation on how to copy files from my old hard drives to > a new hard drive? I used to do it in the bad old days with a parallel cable > between two computers. Must be an easier way now.
Take the old drive out and connect it as a slave to the new machine, if you are going that route. > > And/or how do I make the drives in the current desktop, back up drives for > new desk top? I have an 80 gig drive and a 200 gig drive that seem okay. It > seems more a motherboard problem and speed problem. Frankly it seems more an > AOL > problem, but it's a good time for me to upgrade anyway. As above. You just take them out and install them. There should be enough cabling and plugs to at least put one in. Swap the jumpers at the back of the drive to make it a slave and then fire the machine up. BIOS from about the last ten years should recognise the disk. If not, you might have to enter the BIOS and tell it what's there. All the info you need should be on the disk label. Unless you've bought some _really_ cheap crap. 8-) I suspect that would not still be working. > > I don't particularly want to network the current desktop, because as far as I > understand then I would have to have two monitors, two keyboards, and two > mice. Unless I can network just the tower. > > And frankly I had a heck of a time networking my desktop and laptop together > in a wireless network using Windows networking system. I finally disconnected > it, it simply wasn't worth the trouble. I bought Netgear router and adaptor cards, used the supplied software and was up and running with a wireless network in less than 30 minutes. Took about another 30 to fine tune and apply security. I had a few weeks gained expertise with some defective Belkin gear first, though. Windows networking is reknowned for its uselessness. I _really_ recommend that you buy a new motherboard, processor and possibly memory. It's easier to build a computer than it is to bake a cake. You might even be able to put a faster processor (and you can almost certainly put more memory)in your existing board. The advantage being that just about everything you already have on your machine (from what I've heard) will not only run but run better. No need to fart about reinstalling loads of stuff. A place for some advice: http://www.techsupportforum.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
