My desktop crashed and I want to back up and download all of the info on it to my laptop and make it my main computer source
Two methods come to mind. One, take the hard drive from the desktop and install it into another desktop as a slave drive. Connect this desktop to your laptop with an ethernet cable known as a crossover cable, and transfer your files this way. Depending on the size of the files, you could also copy the files to a USB drive and then copy them to the laptop. A DVD could also be used to transfer the files, provided you have a burner in the second desktop. Two, obtain a hard drive enclosure that connects to the computer via USB and use this to connect your drive to the laptop.
Hi Eva!
If your desktop is crashed, then you will need to verify if its internal hard drive is still working, and then conect it using an USB/SATA/IDE adapter to your Laptop. This is one: http://www.sataadapter.com/SATA-IDE-ATA-66-ATA-100-ATA-133-COMBO-ADAPTER/sata-ide-adapter-usb-hard-drive-sata-drive.html
If the problem with your desktop is with its hard drive, then... you need to take your computer to its manufacturer technnical service center.
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