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ospray

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This might be a redundant question, however I cant seem to find a clear answer.

The GPU in my old computer just died (or at least I am pretty certain of it) the HDD is fine but I would like to retrieve data from it. The computer is too old just get a new GPU easily. What I was hoping to do is plug the drive into a different computers motherboard and access the data from that computers OS. The old drive does still have an OS on it and I know that duel booting is a bad idea. But can I just put the old dive in a SATA port on the new computes motherboard? Do I need a recovery software?
 
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Connecting it internally should work, but I keep a USB IDE/SATA cable around for exactly this purpose.
 
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ospray

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One further problem / concern I was using a software called "My lockbox" on the old drive. Are those files accessible from the new computer or will I need to crack it somehow?
 
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Never used it, so I can't say.
 
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I just read their website briefly, and it looks like you should be okay as long you know the password. I am also guessing that you would need to re-install that software onto the computer that you put it in. It looks like it only locks up a specific directory that you entered into the program.
 
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