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My dell crashed i bought new computer and a USB2.0 HDD external box to put old hard drive in and transfer data. The external box has two usb ends I plugged both in to my computer and it recognized it in drive E but would not let me access the files. What should I have done
May I ask what the manufacturer name, and model number (product number) is of the external enclosure? Ordinarily an external enclosure uses one USB connection, but may use two for added power. (A USB port provides 5 Volts DC for power to the device that's plugged in) Most of the time if a external device is recognized by assigning a drive letter, one double-clicks on the drive letter to open the device.May I ask what the manufacturer name, and model number (product number) is of the external enclosure? Ordinarily an external enclosure uses one USB connection, but may use two for added power. (A USB port provides 5 Volts DC for power to the device that's plugged in) Most of the time if a external device is recognized by assigning a drive letter, one double-clicks on the drive letter to open the device.
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He should be able to do that , Doris. Although it may be a slow process. His external hard drive is equipped with USB version 2.0. If his old computer is version 1.0 it may take a while. The good news is that the two versions are compatible. you can read more about USB here. P.S. I've done this many times with my external drive. USB Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
If both your Dell and the hard drive have USB ports you may be able to download directly. Other wise you may purchase an external drive and load the data to that. The external drive almost certainly will connect by USB.
If the external hard drive has been formatted on a PC in NTFS file format then the MAC cannot read data off this hard drive. The FIX.. Connect the USB external hard drive to a Windows computer and copy your data off this hard drive to the computer. Then format the external hard drive in FAT32 file format. (the MAC can read and write to data to and from a Windows PC) Now copy the your data from the computer back onto the external hard drive. Now you can connect the external hard drive to the MAC and download your data to the MAC.
When you install Windows on your new SSD hard drive you can then transfer data from your old hard drive using an USB hard drive adapter or install the old hard drive into an USB hard drive adapter case and use it as an USB external hard drive after you have transferred your data to your laptop. When you connect the USB hard drive adapter to the laptop, the laptop will see it as an external storage device, you can then open the various folders anf files and copy them to your new hard disk.
DESKTOP COMPUTER: If you want to add another hard drive besides your already existing hard drive:1) Open the left side cover of a desktop computer with a screwdriver.
2) Locate two spare red cables ends (one for data transfer, another for elictricity) and plug them to your new hard drive (you can't do anything wrong, as the plug shape for each type is unique).
Remark: If you don't have any spare ends of such cables inside your computer, buy SATA data cable: http://cgi.ebay.com/5-SATA-SERIAL-ATA-HD-DATA-HDD-SIGNAL-CABLE-RIGHT-ANGLE-/390263214964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5add801374#ht_1746wt_972 and 1 SATA power cable: http://cgi.ebay.com/4-pin-IDE-Molex-2-SATA-Power-Cable-Splitter-Adapter-/270716115788?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f07f01b4c#ht_3549wt_754.
3) Place the hard disk next to your already existing one and attach with screws so it won't move.
See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbb9xrR49d8
LAPTOP COMPUTER: If you want to install a new hard disk for laptop, you normally can't have 2 hard drives - you can replace the old one (turn your laptop bottom-up, open screws at the bottom of it, open one of the smaller covers and locate your old hard drive in one of them) and reinstall the whole operation system (e.g. Windows XP) from your installation CD.
See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCu331Rsac
EXTERNAL DRIVE: Or alternatively you can use it as an external hard drive (which is slower than the inner, though, because it connects to the computer through slower USB ports) - buy an external hard disk drive case:
Hi there,
Before you change the 80 GB Hard Drive you can take the backup of your hard drive to the External Hard Drive or if you have any sata case so you put your new hard Drive in the sata case and make 2-3 partitions in the new drive and copy your data in the new hard drive except in first partition which will be primary C Drive for your laptop and will replace data when you install windows in it. after the windows is installed and your data is verified in your new hard drive you can clear your old hard Drive or use it as an External Hard Drive (as you like )
2nd thing which is more safer and reliable is that you make backup CD/DVDs for your data before proceed to formatting or even changing hard drives, it will be very useful and helpful for any unforeseen data loss
if you require more assistance regarding this feel free to reply to this post
Regards,
BA
The first thing I would do is pull the hard drive from the sick Inspiron. Now get yourself an IDE/SATA to USB adapter from a computer retailer or on Ebay, they cost about 20 bucks. Attach the HDD from the Inspiron to the adapter and attach the usb side of the cable to a good computer. The computer will now read this drive as an external and allow to access any and all files. Just make sure that before you remove the HDD from the Inspiron, you remove any passwords on the computer that might limit your access to files. Also on the good computer go to control panel > Folder Options. Click on the boxes to allow viewing of system files etc. just for a little while, during the files copy. Make a folder on your desktop and name it whatever you want. Now go through the HDD from the Inspiron and copy any and all files to that folder. When you have finished, attach your new external. Now just copy the files from the folder on the desktop to the new external drive and there you go. These adapters are the only true way to be able to pull this off. Good luck
The way you do it is mouting your old hard drive as 'slave' on your new computer..(if it's not the same).
do you have any experience on computer hardware?
May I ask what the manufacturer name, and model number (product number) is of the external enclosure? Ordinarily an external enclosure uses one USB connection, but may use two for added power. (A USB port provides 5 Volts DC for power to the device that's plugged in) Most of the time if a external device is recognized by assigning a drive letter, one double-clicks on the drive letter to open the device.
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