JethroUK© wrote:
> I bought a x-over patch cable hoping it would work but even after
> sharing everything with everyone on my old pc it doesn't - I don't
> really want to set anything up because this is just a one shot deal then
> my old one goes in the bin
>
> trouble is i can't 'login' to my old machine & it may fail to start
> without a keyboard plugged in so ideally i need to by-pass windows
> altogether & that's why i thought maybe USB might work better
Since you only want to do this once and then toss the old box, pull the
hard drive out of it and either put it in an external enclosure or
temporarily stick it in the new machine. An easy way to do the latter
without messing with jumpering is to disconnect the new machine's
optical drive(s) and put the old hard drive on that cable.
The new machine probably has SATA hard drives but may have IDE optical
drives. If the optical drives are also SATA, then the external USB drive
enclosure is your best bet. You can also keep your old drive in it
afterwards (if it's healthy) for extra storage, etc.
Malke
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