Okay, its early, but a parent of one of my friends calls me up and apparently her processor is dying and she wants me to get some information off of the computer before it goes kerplunk...she doesnt have a CD burner or anything easy like that, and the files are too big for a floppy disk, what should I do? I guess if all else fails you still have the hard drive that you could hook up to another computer, but that sure would be a pain in the butt. I have a laptop with a CD burner, could I possibly use that in getting the data? I don't think so, but I'm kinda rushed for a solution to the problem here....any help ASAP would be appreciated ------------------ Who's ya daddy?
hmmm... if the processor is dying, she's gonna need a new PC anyway. I would try to put whatever I could on a floppy or a zip drive, then when she gets the new PC or processor, put the other hard drive in as a 2nd HD... now is she/you sure it's the processor and not the HD that's going out? I can't believe the files she wants to transfer, each one, is bigger than 1.44 megs? Must be graphics, video or sound files... The only way to use your laptop would be to network it, and I don't know if you have time for that.... sorry... I'm not much help.. but thought I would throw this out... rH ------------------ INSERT NAIL HERE >> X << FOR NEW MONITOR join the club! Rockets Psychedelic Groove House Club on Yahoo! Stop annoying X10 ads!
Processor is dying? I thought they either worked, or they didn't. Anyway, depending on what types of files they are and how big, you could try copying them to an email form and sending them to yourself (laptop). Do you have a Zip drive? ------------------ My doctor says I am bipolar. I am going to get a second opinion. I have never had intimate desires for polar bears. [This message has been edited by HOOP-T (edited July 11, 2001).]
I assume your computer has a CD writer, and you are fairly knowledgable about PCs. What I'd do is mount her drive as a slave on your PC, then burn a CD of what she wants off of there. That way you'll have the information safe and saved, and you can then decide where to go from there. That really should be very simple. Just take it out of her PC. Fix the jumpers, put it in your PC, make sure BIOS settings are right, and you're good to go. ------------------ CC.net's most courteous driver Oh yeah, and I'm looking for a job right now, so hire me please
There a number of options, some of which depend upon her computer. 1. If she has a USB port, see if you can find a USB CD writer or a USB zip drive to borrow. 2. If you are both running Windows, check out the "direct cable connection" where you can use a parallel port cable to connect your 2 computers. It's slow, but it's cheap. 3. If you both have Network cards, connect that way and drag and drop the files to your machine. 4. If she is on a fast network (e.g. cable modem), have her ftp the files to a "free" ftp site. Try www.xdrive.com, they have a 15-day trial period. ------------------
I bet it's the HD going out and not the processor... rH ------------------ INSERT NAIL HERE >> X << FOR NEW MONITOR join the club! Rockets Psychedelic Groove House Club on Yahoo! Stop annoying X10 ads!
ok guys, thanks for the help, I got it fixed. I dont know if it was the processor or whatever, she was probably just talking out of her ass... ------------------ Who's ya daddy?
that'd be interesting to see rH ------------------ INSERT NAIL HERE >> X << FOR NEW MONITOR join the club! Rockets Psychedelic Groove House Club on Yahoo! Stop annoying X10 ads!
Let me ass you a question..... ------------------ My doctor says I am bipolar. I am going to get a second opinion. I have never had intimate desires for polar bears.
Even though its been resolved,,, why back it up if the HD is fine? Just wait for the new computer, and as Vengence said, mount it as slave on the new computer. ------------------ "Bada Bing!"
Always backup. Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated. Start more Webber threads!
Although not necessary, it's always a good idea to back up a hard drive if you're disconnecting/moving it. You can wreck data while moving it by connecting cables incorrectly, static discharges, etc. ------------------ "I'll tell you this, the older I get, the less I trust people. It's true. It's damn true." -- gr8-1 going through some growing pains.
