Copying Data froma 98 HD to XP

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My Win 98 laptop finally died but I believe the hard disk is still OK and has
my data on it. I have a second laptop with XP. I put the Win 98 hard disk
into a USB2 external case and connected it to the XP computer, but it did not
show up anywhere.

Am I doing something wrong? Should it show up? How can I get the data off
the old hard disk.

I am new user to Windows so I am really not sure what else I should try!

Thanks in advance!
 
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 00:45:27 -0800, "Peace Freak" <Peace
My Win 98 laptop finally died but I believe the hard disk is still OK and has
my data on it. I have a second laptop with XP. I put the Win 98 hard disk
into a USB2 external case and connected it to the XP computer, but it did not
show up anywhere.

Am I doing something wrong? Should it show up? How can I get the data off
the old hard disk.

I am new user to Windows so I am really not sure what else I should try!

Thanks in advance!
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XP SHOULD be able to read the hard drive through the usb
connection.

I don't know why this is so, but I have found for SOME
reason, if one usb port doesn't seem to "read" the hard
drive, move the hard drive to a different port.

More logically, and more likely, I'd FIRST KEEP the hard
drive plugged in to the port you have it in, and reboot.

As part of the startup process, the computer should be able
to find it and install it.

Are you certain that the external hard drive is turned on
and powered up?

Good luck!


Tallahassee
 
Peace said:
My Win 98 laptop finally died but I believe the hard disk is still OK
and has my data on it. I have a second laptop with XP. I put the Win
98 hard disk into a USB2 external case and connected it to the XP
computer, but it did not show up anywhere.

Am I doing something wrong? Should it show up? How can I get the data
off the old hard disk.
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Is the external case specifically for a laptop? IOW it has the laptop
drive connector in it?

Since you don't have a desktop, you might find it easier to take the old
drive to a local professional (not BigStoreUSA equivalent) and have
them check it out for you. They will have a laptop-IDE adapter and can
attach the drive directly to a desktop machine. That will give them the
ability to see if the drive is even recognized in the BIOS. If it
isn't, then the drive is not viable and the only way to get the data
would be to send it to a professional data recovery company. I like
DriveSavers (www.driversavers.com) but there are others. Data recovery
companies' services are not inexpensive, but only you can determine the
value of your data.

Malke
 
Wow, yes, you were right... Switched ports and it became visible... Can’t
believe it would be so simple. Hopefully the transfer will go smoothly.

Thank you Malke for your comments. Yes, the case is suitable for a laptop. I
am glad I will not have to resort to using the data recovery companies you
mentioned.
 
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