Aryeh;
Following my own rule for public boards to praise in public and
criticize in private:
Thanks for replying. Your message was informative and helpful, as
always.
I did something similar to your suggestion: I removed the hard drive
from the dead computer and connected it to an old desktop of mine. I just
unplugged the CD drive and moved the cables to the hard disk with it sitting
on top of the open frame. I was then able to copy the data files to my
desktop's hard drive, and transfer them to my ThinkPad A31 over my network,
where I burned them to a CD. I'm amazed the old hard drive was still
working: it was a Quantum Bigfoot, a 5 1/4" drive with an IDE interface --
only one I've ever seen.
The owner was most grateful -- she had years of work on her family
genealogy she almost lost.
Which company do you work for?
Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia
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