Transferring Files Between Two Computers

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Hi Everyone: would anyone know the easiest way to copy files from an old to a
new computer? Should I just take the two drives from the old and put them in
the new one?Both machines have XP. Thanks...
 
Hi Everyone: would anyone know the easiest way to copy files from an old to a
new computer? Should I just take the two drives from the old and put them in
the new one?Both machines have XP. Thanks...
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If we are to assume that both your new and old systems have IDE buses,
it will probably work OK if you jumper the "old" HDD as a 'slave' and
/not/ place it at the far end of either the primary or secondary bus.

Note: The existing HDD is jumpered as a 'master'. It /might/ need to be
rejumpered as 'master with slave present' if both HDDs will be on the
same physical IDE bus.

Pete
 
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