J jfambro65 Honorable Apr 27, 2012 1 0 10,510 Apr 28, 2012 #1 Hello, My old computer operated on NT and the Motherboard fried. Hard drive is fine but can i purchase a new machine with windows 7 and recover the data from old drive
Hello, My old computer operated on NT and the Motherboard fried. Hard drive is fine but can i purchase a new machine with windows 7 and recover the data from old drive
4745454b Titan Moderator Apr 29, 2006 29,241 437 93,590 Apr 28, 2012 #2 Yes, but you'll need another hdd as well. Plug the NT drive in once you have win7 installed and copy the data over. Another issue you'll have is finding a mobo these days that supports IDE. You might need a card or SATA to IDE adapter. Upvote 0 Downvote
Yes, but you'll need another hdd as well. Plug the NT drive in once you have win7 installed and copy the data over. Another issue you'll have is finding a mobo these days that supports IDE. You might need a card or SATA to IDE adapter.