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I have a new computer, and hard drives from my old computer?
Ok, my question is that if I can simply put the old PATA/IDE drive as slave into the new computer and there would not be any problems. The old PATA drive was previously the boot drive of the old computer. and I haven't done anything to since the old computer broke, because I need the data from that drive.
My problem is that there might be a conflict with booting from the two drives since they are not configured for dual booting. If I set the old drive as slave, the system will not boot to it right? and I should be able to proceed with normal boot and the old drive will appear as a normal drive.
If I am right, please confirm. And if not, please post as solution to allow me to recover data from the old drive, without actually booting to it. Thanks.
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
you are correct, you can also get an external drive enclosure and make the old drive an external drive.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Nearly all recent computers have support for 2xMaster+Slave configurations and will by default boot the primary master. Your Bios and a shortcut key (often F8 or ESC) give you the option to your boot menu and select the item you want to boot from. This will be the easiest way to recover your old data from your computer in my opinion.
