Transferring Files Between Two Computers

[jm47]

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...

 

[1PW]

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...

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