Files, help

I got a new pc, with which I'm very happy. Now, my old pc has hundreds of mbs of files and no cd burner. I can use my usb devices (3 of them, 15 mb each) to carry the files over from the old pc to the new, but that's a lot of back pain. Is there an alternative?

 

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You could just connect your old harddrive with your new PC, then just copy the data from one harddrive to the other.

Just take out your old harddrive and look at the back of it. There should be a jumper (a small contact thing that conncets two of the pins at the back...), use it to set the harddrive to "slave", instructions are normally found somewhere on the outside of the harddrive.

Then you connect it to your new PC via one power cable (those multicoloured ones, they only fit in one socket on the harddrive) and one of the flat IDE cables. They also only fit in one way. Make sure that the IDE cable is the same that is already connected to the harddrive of your new PC.
Then boot the PC, when it asks for the boot partion (I don´t remember the exact dialoge, also it does not always appear) just choose the one of your new PC (should be on the drive labeled C).

When the PC has booted, you should just see the new harddrive under "my computer" and you can freely access the drives.

This always worked for me, but if you have problems, just disconnect the old drive and get back here.

 

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or...
If you have a MP3 player or camcord it might have more MB

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want more help with Dreamwalkers solution?

 

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Or maybe you know someone else with a digital camera. Sometimes they have rather large memory cards in them. I have 256Mb. Also a 256MB USB memory stick. I never use it. It was a waste of money.

 

Well, you could get yourself some Yahoo email accounts with 200 MB, connect the old PC with the internet and send the data to those accounts, afterwards using your new PC to download them again.

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Ooooor. you could be lucky they both have a net card, then all you need to transfere the files is a cable.

 

I agree with Dreamwalker. If possible, putting your old machine's drive in your new one would make transferring files fast and painless. Just be sure the machine is powered down before you unplug or plug in anything. As long as the drive in your new machine is set to Master, and your old one is set to slave, your computer will boot up with no problems.

The next easiest way would be to network the two machines. If they both have network cards, this could be as simple as buying a crossover cable, and running the Windows networking wizard.

 

They easiest thing is actual the digicam or memory stick imo, assuming she has one, 2nd is swaping disk, but this requirest one to actually opent the PC, not everybody wants to do this and altho its the fast solution, there can be problems.

 

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Maxtor has a great flash video on how to install a harddrive. You might want to watch it and see how easy it is before you make up your mind about whether or not to try it. http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1171

 

Uh, last time somebody tried sending mp3s to my yahoo account, the mail got returned because yahoo no longer supports that type of files. Well, if you think of it, it's surprising they didn't do that earlier

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The digital camera (etc) thing requires a card reader, which I do not own, if that's what you mean. But my pics already got transfered.

I do have an mp3 player, but it does not allow to record from the player onto the pc. The joy of having antiques, I know.

I like Dreamwalker's option. Give more details, considering I've never looked inside a comp before. As in.... What do things look like in there?.... All the wires I will need are already there, so all I have to do is plug them into different places, right?

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Ah, another annoying thing. My pc... DOES NOT MAKE SOUND!!!! I got the Dell Dimension, but kept my old speakers (JBL PRO, age 1998, that's all I know).

 

Your old speaker need their drivers installed on your new machine. If you have the driver cd of your speakers then install it if not then good luck finding drivers of relics.

 

I did not install anything related to speakers when I got my first pc. As far as I know, you just buy speakers and plug them in. So.... I'm obviously horribly surprized.

 

Those drivers came preinstalled then.

Speakers are suppose to be plug and play with some minor software installation.....they are not 100% plug and play.

Your old speakers need their drivers installed....go to the brand site and try to find em.

 

Oh, while I had my old pc, I switched from Win 98 to Win XP Pro, and did not install any speakers software. I now sit with Win XP Home. I seriously doubt there's a need in software.... Besides, I can't find any.

 

What the hell do you need software for speakers for? You just have to plug them in.

Of course, you need software for the soundcard, which is not necessarily preinstalled. But I suppose you got a support CD along with your PC, didn´t you? On it, there should be a file named "Drivers" and in it should be software for your soundcard, install it.

Anyway, I will just look for a picture of the inside of a PC...

 

May I ask what kind of Dell PC you have? The new ones look awfully comlicated on the inside judging from the photos I have found...

 

Whoops...confused my speakers with my soundcard

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zip them so yahoo cannot recokise(hmm) them and save a little bit of space

Yea you would have needed a cardreader or usb connection from cam to pc.
But if you had have one of those digicam where you get a neat little extra drive(like you c and cd-rom drive) then when you plug it in to copy your pictures from cam to pc, then is nothing preventing you from copy any files from pc to cam

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*cough*power on*cough* it could be a simple cable problem, on the pc you want to put the cable into line out(often the green jack and/or marked by 3 arches and a arrow pointing out).

Repo Mans link http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...hp?p_faqid=1171 is good, it has pictures and all

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, just click the "Flash video of interactive installation guide" link on that page. 1-3 is for you.
Mayby you have another HD where the jumper setting is different but dont worry there is usual instruction on the disk on how to set the jumpers, you want it as slave.

atleast open up the pc and have a look around, see if you can find the things from the
flash video, then we can alway help more if you want.

edit: lol i must be typing slow or somthing, there is like 5-6 replies already

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edit2: made it less incorherent(sp?)

 

My MOBO came with built in everything. It is an ASUS A8V delux and all I needed to do was plug and play most everything I have. It had its own built in sound system, sweet MOBO if you ask me. All for $150.00 U.S.!

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