Internal to External Conversion Question

Titanium Lion · 05-31-2007, 10:47 AM

Someone I know had a system failure consisting of his computer not turning on. He then purchased a new computer, but would like to recover his hard drive and is thinking of making it external. What, if any, would be the complications of doing this since it was his only hard drive on his old pc? I'm fairly sure its an IDE HDD. Hes not exactly tech savvy so if its not a simple process of buying a kit and installing it, then its probably not a good idea.

Thanks for your help.

**manic** · 05-31-2007, 11:47 AM

You buy a usb enclosure, put the drive in, and thats it. I think you have
to remove jumper. Pretty simple really. Its already formatted so your all
set.

ceri sheeran · 05-31-2007, 12:24 PM

Hi,

Almost all external hard drive enclosures require the drive jumper to be set to Master.

Beyond that it is a very simple matter to install a drive in an external USB case.

hth

Ceri

Titanium Lion · 06-01-2007, 10:44 AM

So there won't be any messy stuff since it was the original (only) drive from the old computer and the whole reason he is doing it is to recover data and then use it as a secondary storage?

ceri sheeran · 06-01-2007, 11:24 AM

Hi,

It may also be necessary to "take ownership of the files"

M$ KB article on this.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

hth

Ceri

Titanium Lion · 06-02-2007, 06:22 AM

Thanks very much for your help.

05-31-2007, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Titanium Lion Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 36 OS: WinXP Pro x64 My System	Internal to External Conversion Question Someone I know had a system failure consisting of his computer not turning on. He then purchased a new computer, but would like to recover his hard drive and is thinking of making it external. What, if any, would be the complications of doing this since it was his only hard drive on his old pc? I'm fairly sure its an IDE HDD. Hes not exactly tech savvy so if its not a simple process of buying a kit and installing it, then its probably not a good idea. Thanks for your help. __________________ Victory comes easiest when facing opponents who are already defeated.

05-31-2007, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 4,876 OS: xp	Re: Internal to External Conversion Question You buy a usb enclosure, put the drive in, and thats it. I think you have to remove jumper. Pretty simple really. Its already formatted so your all set. __________________

05-31-2007, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
ceri sheeran Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 285 OS: WINXP	Re: Internal to External Conversion Question Hi, Almost all external hard drive enclosures require the drive jumper to be set to Master. Beyond that it is a very simple matter to install a drive in an external USB case. hth Ceri

06-01-2007, 10:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Titanium Lion Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 36 OS: WinXP Pro x64 My System	Re: Internal to External Conversion Question So there won't be any messy stuff since it was the original (only) drive from the old computer and the whole reason he is doing it is to recover data and then use it as a secondary storage? __________________ Victory comes easiest when facing opponents who are already defeated.

06-01-2007, 11:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
ceri sheeran Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 285 OS: WINXP	Re: Internal to External Conversion Question Hi, It may also be necessary to "take ownership of the files" M$ KB article on this. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 hth Ceri

06-02-2007, 06:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
Titanium Lion Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 36 OS: WinXP Pro x64 My System	Re: Internal to External Conversion Question Thanks very much for your help. __________________ Victory comes easiest when facing opponents who are already defeated.