accessing a HD with overlay software

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Alan Brown

Hi

My friends PC is dying... we are going to build a new one... we need the
data off it.

Problem:

His PC did not recognise an 8Gb disk (replacement of 1Gb HD a year or two
ago) so a local store put Seagate overlay software on it to force it to work
with the PC. It has four 2Gb partitions on it. We can't put a CD-Rw to write
the data on, as IDE channel 2 is not working and channel 1 (IDE) is only
master only.
Win 95 O/S on his old PC system Win 2000 on the 'new' one


Question:

If I take the HD out will another OS recognise the partitions/data or will
the overlay software get in the way?

PS I'm asking these questions in advance of the time coming when we have to
try and sort it out. If I could treat the HD disk as 'normal' I can put the
HD in an external USB caddy, put in on the new PC and get the data of it
that way.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks in advance
 
Hi

My friends PC is dying... we are going to build a new one... we need the
data off it.

Problem:

His PC did not recognise an 8Gb disk (replacement of 1Gb HD a year or two
ago) so a local store put Seagate overlay software on it to force it to work
with the PC. It has four 2Gb partitions on it. We can't put a CD-Rw to write
the data on, as IDE channel 2 is not working and channel 1 (IDE) is only
master only.
Win 95 O/S on his old PC system Win 2000 on the 'new' one


Question:

If I take the HD out will another OS recognise the partitions/data or will
the overlay software get in the way?

PS I'm asking these questions in advance of the time coming when we have to
try and sort it out. If I could treat the HD disk as 'normal' I can put the
HD in an external USB caddy, put in on the new PC and get the data of it
that way.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks in advance
Click to expand...

1 get the latest version of the overlay software, and it will probably have
the capability to remove itself from the drive in the new machine.

2. Put a network card in both machines, and set up a simple lan to transfer
the needed files from the old machine to the new one that way.

JT
 
Hi

My friends PC is dying... we are going to build a new one... we need the
data off it.

Problem:

His PC did not recognise an 8Gb disk (replacement of 1Gb HD a year or two
ago) so a local store put Seagate overlay software on it to force it to work
with the PC. It has four 2Gb partitions on it. We can't put a CD-Rw to write
the data on, as IDE channel 2 is not working and channel 1 (IDE) is only
master only.
Win 95 O/S on his old PC system Win 2000 on the 'new' one


Question:

If I take the HD out will another OS recognise the partitions/data or will
the overlay software get in the way?
Click to expand...

You will need to boot from that drive...or from a floppy with the
drivers for the overlay program on it.
PS I'm asking these questions in advance of the time coming when we have to
try and sort it out. If I could treat the HD disk as 'normal' I can put the
HD in an external USB caddy, put in on the new PC and get the data of it
that way.

Any other thoughts?
Click to expand...

On the new machine...

Put the old drive in as the master on the primary...so that it boots
from that drive. Make sure you have the jumper set appropriately.

Make sure you have another drive installed on that machine...so that
you can copy the data from the old drive to the new drive temporarily.

When you boot (you'll be booting into 95 on a different machine), 95
will go nuts for awhile...trying to adjust to the new hardware. After
you've got it up and running. simply transfer the data to the other
drive...into a temporary directory.

Then take out that drive...and use the new drive moved to the primary
controller to boot again...if that's what you want to do. The copied
data will be there for you.

Then do whatever you want with the old drive...repartition, etc.

Good luck.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.
 
Trent© said:
You will need to boot from that drive...or from a floppy with the
drivers for the overlay program on it.


On the new machine...

Put the old drive in as the master on the primary...so that it boots
from that drive. Make sure you have the jumper set appropriately.

Make sure you have another drive installed on that machine...so that
you can copy the data from the old drive to the new drive temporarily.

When you boot (you'll be booting into 95 on a different machine), 95
will go nuts for awhile...trying to adjust to the new hardware. After
you've got it up and running. simply transfer the data to the other
drive...into a temporary directory.

Then take out that drive...and use the new drive moved to the primary
controller to boot again...if that's what you want to do. The copied
data will be there for you.

Then do whatever you want with the old drive...repartition, etc.

Good luck.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.
Click to expand...
 
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:50:25 +0100, "Alan Brown"

Welcome.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!
 
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