Hardware help please ...

[MRock]

I'm not one for installing computer parts other than putting in a stick of memory ever so often. When a box goes down I usually just put it in the pile with the other old ones ( it is getting pretty deep after all these years ) and go buy a new one which is usually bigger and better. This time I messed up and forgot to backup some Music CD artwork from my XP that went down last week, my question to those that may know ... is there any known problem with installing my old XP hard drive into my new machine that is a Vista? I read about the procedure of 1. set to slave 2. plug in hard drive 3. plug in power ... Is it that simple? Thanks in advance ... I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask before operating here. :unsure:

[gonzo]

I'm not one for installing computer parts other than putting in a stick of memory ever so often. When a box goes down I usually just put it in the pile with the other old ones ( it is getting pretty deep after all these years ) and go buy a new one which is usually bigger and better. This time I messed up and forgot to backup some Music CD artwork from my XP that went down last week, my question to those that may know ... is there any known problem with installing my old XP hard drive into my new machine that is a Vista? I read about the procedure of 1. set to slave 2. plug in hard drive 3. plug in power ... Is it that simple? Thanks in advance ... I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask before operating here. :unsure:

Its that simple. Or at least it has been for me. Or you can buy one of those USB enclosures and not even worry about the switch settings.

[vadu6a]

do it like that :)

[EmporerEJ]

Wow....
I've been migrating drives for years.
My stack of drives waiting for a home is getting high.
How do you guys move all the data from machine to machine?
To me, that's always the biggest nightmare to the eventual, and necessary machine upgrade.
I usually, slowly, move into the new machine....bit by bit.

[MRock]

Well, it turns out the power plug and the data hd plug on the ribbon are some new fangled configuration on the Vista, so I could not do what I wanted. I ended up installing the drive to another XP machine that I use for DVD authoring. No biggy, just not the machine I now use the most. I recovered the artwork I needed and the music DVD's and CD's have been mailed. I hate getting behind on my orders. I have about 3 other hard drives I need to pull from some old machines and recover some content too.

Thanx for the replies. It's all good now. :okthumb:

[MRock]

Wow....
I've been migrating drives for years.
My stack of drives waiting for a home is getting high.
How do you guys move all the data from machine to machine?
To me, that's always the biggest nightmare to the eventual, and necessary machine upgrade.
I usually, slowly, move into the new machine....bit by bit.

I have my login/pw stuff and spread sheets backed up on a disc and I catalog all of our videos on CD's by scene and group them together by DVD release. I can be up and running on a new machine in a matter of hours .... but I still hate doing it. I had to go searching for info on 2 programs this last time, but I'm getting better with every new machine switch lol.