Hoping someone can help.
My mobo has died and I am purchasing a new barebones system and new sata HD.
However, I want to take an old sata HD which is currently in my failed PC so that I can recover the data. I understand the issue relating to operating system installs so I intend to put a fresh copy of xp on the new drive to get the new machine up and running.
What I need to know, is if I can than add the old sata drive as a 2nd drive in the new machine, have it auto detect and then have access to the old data. Obviously I would need to boot from the new drive. If I simply install and connect to the mobo will all this happen automatically?
Is this all possible and is there anything I need to know?
Thanks
My mobo has died and I am purchasing a new barebones system and new sata HD.
However, I want to take an old sata HD which is currently in my failed PC so that I can recover the data. I understand the issue relating to operating system installs so I intend to put a fresh copy of xp on the new drive to get the new machine up and running.
What I need to know, is if I can than add the old sata drive as a 2nd drive in the new machine, have it auto detect and then have access to the old data. Obviously I would need to boot from the new drive. If I simply install and connect to the mobo will all this happen automatically?
Is this all possible and is there anything I need to know?
Thanks