Ok.. this may sound a little basic to some but I need help. I'm building a new computer for a friend and i'm anticipating a snag.. His old machine blew up, but I'm fairly certain the hard drive is fine. it's from an old Dell 2400 series, so is probably IDE. the new rig I'm building uses sata. Is it possible to set the sata to slave and the 'new' machine to boot from the old hard drive? I ask because I ran into issues where i had to do a fresh install of the OS on my own machine because it was with a new mobo. Basically.. i just need to save his old data.
I have a number of solutions in mind, but need help deciding which to persue..
1. Install both the new sata and the old IDE on my own personal rig, install windows xp (his OS) to the sata and transfer content with the windows XP function.
2. Somehow setting the Sata to slave, booting on the new Mobo with the old Hdd, and just using the sata as extra storage.
I have about a week until the components come in, please help. Thanks guys.
I have a number of solutions in mind, but need help deciding which to persue..
1. Install both the new sata and the old IDE on my own personal rig, install windows xp (his OS) to the sata and transfer content with the windows XP function.
2. Somehow setting the Sata to slave, booting on the new Mobo with the old Hdd, and just using the sata as extra storage.
I have about a week until the components come in, please help. Thanks guys.
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