Moving old HD's to a new system

[sisyphus]

I just assembled the following:

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz
BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX 128M
G.SKILL HK 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS
Pioneer Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW
HIS Hightech H485FN512P Radeon HD 4850 512MB
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
LIAN LI PC-7B plus II Black

I need to get the data from my old computer (may or may not be running because of MB/GPU problems) which had a 120GB IDE drive as the main OS/data disk and a 120 GB SATA disk which was primarily a spare disk connected via a SATA 3112 controller.

I know how to connect these two HD's in the new computer, but will they fire up once connected or will I have to set jumpers or do anything else above my novice level knowledge to get them working?

 

[jsc]

Shouldn't need anything special.

Use the IDE cable to connect your old IDE drive to the new computer. Jumper the drive as master. If it is a WD drive, that may mean no jumper at all. The old SATA drive can just be plugged in. You can mount them in the case if you wish.

Then copy what you need. I'd keep the old drives intact until you are certain that you do not need anything else from them. Then reformat and do whatever you wish with them.

 

[Outlander_04]

if you want to transfer data just get a USB data transfer cable .


If you want to clone the entire system complete with operating system and all your data to the new system it depends on whether you are using vista or XP

 

[knotknut]

The IDE Drive W/OS set 1st boot device in Bios.
Chances of it booting up are 50/50.
If it does boot you will have to remove and install the MB Drivers, GPU Driver and maybe Bios update.
I didnt see that Phenom II was supported on the BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX without a Bios update.

The best would be to begin fresh with a new install of Windows on the SATA HDD then copy your info from the IDE drive and have the IDE as your extra HDD