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621642 2007-12-16 02:28:00 hello i was wondering if someone could help me. i have just taken a hard drive out of a windows 98 computer and have connected it to mine.how do i read the hardrive on my windows xp computer so i can get the files off the hard drive?
Please help
bjw90 (13029)
621643 2007-12-16 02:29:00 Did u jumper it to slave?? If there was already a hdd in/on your computer?

You cant copy programs to yours if theyre already installed on the 98 hdd, you'll have to reinstall them
Speedy Gonzales (78)
621644 2007-12-16 02:38:00 yea its on slave and i just want some files off it should it show up in my computer bjw90 (13029)
621645 2007-12-16 02:40:00 Well, if the ide cable and power is connected, Windows should see it

Check the BIOS see if that detects it on primary/secondary slave, whatever its on, and the post screen.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
621646 2007-12-16 02:53:00 If you have the Primary/Slave bit set up correctly or have it as master on its own IDE channel it should show up.

Slave to your main HDD if on the same IDE channel, or Master if it is on the secondary IDE chan on its own.

In XP also Right Click My Computer and choose Manage, Choose Disk Management. IF you have it plugged in correctly and it is working it will show up here at least.

It then should show up in either My Computer as another drive letter or in Windows Explorer.
Bantu (52)
621647 2007-12-16 03:03:00 it says its in the primary slave drive and it reads it inthe bios menu but how do i acssessitwhen computer is on? bjw90 (13029)
621648 2007-12-16 03:08:00 If you go into "my Computer" it should be showing up as another drive there.
If its not go into the control panel>Admin Tools> computer Management>Disk Management(under Storage) the 98 drive should show there, if it does, right click it, select "explore" and locate the files you want to transfer.
wainuitech (129)
621649 2007-12-16 03:15:00 it shows up in this menu but it wont let me explore when i click it bjw90 (13029)
621650 2007-12-16 03:49:00 when iright click it in computer management it wont let me explore it bjw90 (13029)
621651 2007-12-16 06:01:00 could someone please help?? bjw90 (13029)
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