I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning and
got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell and
could not get it back up and running. Can the files on the old computer be
transferred to the new computer without the old one powered up?

"Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning
>and
> got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell
> and
> could not get it back up and running. Can the files on the old computer
> be
> transferred to the new computer without the old one powered up?


You would need to remove the hard drive and install it in a USB enclosure or
the Vista computer.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

I've replaced a disc drive without too much difficulty - how does replacing a
hard drive compare? About the same? Harder?

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> "Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0A3327CD-273E-4A40-B279-6D8A5A499F0C@microsoft.com...
> >I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning
> >and
> > got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell
> > and
> > could not get it back up and running. Can the files on the old computer
> > be
> > transferred to the new computer without the old one powered up?
>
>
> You would need to remove the hard drive and install it in a USB enclosure or
> the Vista computer.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
>

Replacing a Hard Disk Drive is about the same effort as replacing an Optical
(CD or DVD) Disk Drive.
"Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've replaced a disc drive without too much difficulty - how does
> replacing a
> hard drive compare? About the same? Harder?
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0A3327CD-273E-4A40-B279-6D8A5A499F0C@microsoft.com...
>> >I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning
>> >and
>> > got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell
>> > and
>> > could not get it back up and running. Can the files on the old
>> > computer
>> > be
>> > transferred to the new computer without the old one powered up?
>>
>>
>> You would need to remove the hard drive and install it in a USB enclosure
>> or
>> the Vista computer.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>>

It is about the same. If their are two drives on the same cable one has to
be set as master and one as slave. The drives usually have the information
for the jumper settings on them.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9CE11EF6-DC74-4AB7-8E81-DAB2AA882449@microsoft.com...
> I've replaced a disc drive without too much difficulty - how does
> replacing a
> hard drive compare? About the same? Harder?
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0A3327CD-273E-4A40-B279-6D8A5A499F0C@microsoft.com...
>> >I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning
>> >and
>> > got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell
>> > and
>> > could not get it back up and running. Can the files on the old
>> > computer
>> > be
>> > transferred to the new computer without the old one powered up?
>>
>>
>> You would need to remove the hard drive and install it in a USB enclosure
>> or
>> the Vista computer.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>>

Hi

Yes you can plug your old hard drive in slave position and access to you old
data.

Have a good day
"Highlander" <Highlander@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message
de news:0A3327CD-273E-4A40-B279-6D8A5A499F0C@microsoft.com...
>I just purchased a PC with Vista yesterday, booted my XP PC this morning
>and
> got the blue screen (talk about bad timing). Spent two hours with Dell
> and
> could not get it back up and running. Can the files on the old computer
> be
> transferred to the new computer without the old one powered up?
>