Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Fri Dec 5 18:38:51 CST 2003
No, as long as the OS is on the Hard drive that is the primary master, no problem at all (the BIOS will use the first boot sector it finds.....) Drew -----Original Message----- From: Stoker, Kenneth E [mailto:Kenneth.Stoker at pnl.gov] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:54 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Help with moving files from one hard drive to another(Cross posted) No, Win98 is on the hard drive, not a secondary drive. So it sounds like there would be a conflict between the two hard drives trying to run their respective OS. So it sounds like that is not an option. Then, is connecting the two computers via their NICs an option or should I tell him to get ready for a long weekend swapping files with a floppy disk? Ken Stoker Technology Commercialization Information Systems Administrator PH: (509) 375-3758 FAX: (509) 375-6731 E-mail: Kenneth.Stoker at pnl.gov -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:44 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Help with moving files from one hard drive to another(Cross posted) Recognizing it isn't enough, even if it works. Remember, the operating system is on the hard drive, unless this is a secondary drive. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Stoker, Kenneth E [mailto:Kenneth.Stoker at pnl.gov] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:36 PM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com; AccessD at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Help with moving files from one hard drive to another (Cross posted) Everyone, I have a co-worker who came to me and asked me how to get the files off his old computer onto his new computer. First questions I asked were do you have any larger capacity media drives, cd burner, zip drive, etc. Answer is no. So, I thought it should be possible for him to open his old computer, take out the hard drive, put it in his new computer and the new computer on boot up should recognize the older hard drive. Is this correct? Old machine: PII 233MHz running Win98 New machine: PIV 2.66 GHz running WinXP Pro. Another option is that he says both machines have NICs. Can he just plug the two machines together through the NICs and have them recognize each other? I have to admit that I haven't tried to do things this way myself so I hope that some extra guidance can help us get this right. Any help offered is greatly appreciated. Ken Stoker Technology Commercialization Information Systems Administrator PH: (509) 375-3758 FAX: (509) 375-6731 E-mail: Kenneth.Stoker at pnl.gov _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com