Hard Drive backup: Urgent help needed please!

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adam cece

Hi
My computer recently packed up suddenly and I can no longer switch the
thing on, it has died of old age, literally.
Anyway there is a lot of information on my hard drive that I still
want, luckily I had all crucial stuff backed up on CD's already so it
wasn't a total tragedy.
I have a few questions:
Can I just plug my hard drive into another computer on one of the
spare hard drive points, and then the computer will recognise it. Can
I damage the other computer doing this.
How long does information on hard drives last? Is it just permanently
written on there or does it require some sort of battery back-up i.e.
seeing as it has not been in a working computer for a while (the
computer has been dissasembled and sold for parts) will the
information still be accessible.
Any other suggestions for how I can get it all off and onto CD's?

As you can tell technically I don't know a lot.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
My computer recently packed up suddenly and I can no
longer switch the thing on, it has died of old age, literally.
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Nope, something has just failed.
Anyway there is a lot of information on my hard drive
that I still want, luckily I had all crucial stuff backed
up on CD's already so it wasn't a total tragedy.
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I have a few questions:
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Can I just plug my hard drive into another computer on one of the
spare hard drive points, and then the computer will recognise it.
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If it wasnt that hard drive that died, yes.
Can I damage the other computer doing this.
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Not if you do it carefully.
How long does information on hard drives last?
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Indefinitely, years.
Is it just permanently written on there
Yep.

or does it require some sort of battery back-up i.e.
seeing as it has not been in a working computer for
a while (the computer has been dissasembled and
sold for parts) will the information still be accessible.
Yes.

Any other suggestions for how I can get it all off and onto CD's?
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Thats generally the best way to do it, put the drive in a different system.
 
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