Will a USB memory stick.............

Lo Down · February 18, 2009, 09:41 AM

Nick Arrera said

sometimes the data just can't be recovered at any cost .
Put the drive on the newest confuser Lo.
Or just get the usb drive like Peter suggests .
I don't like any of my data online either .

Last night, I installed the Compaq as a slave on the old computer and booted the machine. It didn't recognize this different hard drive had even been hooked up. Is that because they aren't compatable? It says its an IDE type.

Nick Arrera · February 18, 2009, 09:55 AM

Is this the machine running 98 se ?

Lo Down · February 18, 2009, 10:33 AM

Yes this one has the 98se. The Compaq was my moms old one. I don't know what she had in it. 98 most likely.
I just thought I'd try the Compaq HD as a slave on this computer and see what happened............. absolutely nothing. I was just experimenting to see if the computer would recognize that HD.

My goal at some point is to get some things from this computer onto the newer Sony PC

Lo Down · February 18, 2009, 10:52 AM

It's getting to that time of day to mosey off to work, so I'll check back tonight. Thanks for your advice and assistance.

Nick Arrera · February 18, 2009, 12:02 PM

Lo the drive has to be formatted .
Here are two links that should explain everything for you .
Pay attention to the last two paragraphs on the first link .
If you still need help , Post back .

Installing A Hard Drive - Step by Step | PCMech

Low Level formatting an IDE hard drive

Here is another link in case you don't have a boot disk .
Scroll down to win 98 . also shows how to use Fdisk . and other stuff on there .

Bootdisk.Com

TFP Admin · February 18, 2009, 12:31 PM

Won't formatting a drive erase all the original information and data on the drive? I think Lo wants to recover data from an old drive.

Jim

Nick Arrera · February 18, 2009, 02:36 PM

I was under the impression he was trying to tranfer data to another internal drive or USB .
Yes formatting it will loose any data on the slave drive .
Lo , let me know if you have data on the slave drive you don't want to loose .

TFP Admin · February 18, 2009, 02:59 PM

I thought he was trying to get data off the old computer's HDD and store it on the new computer's HDD.

If the drives both use the same storage system, you should be able to see the data on both drives. I'd try to see if the drive shows up in Administrative Tools (or whatever they called it in Win98). Also, if the old connector worked, that's the connector he should use to connect and transfer data with - connect the HDD and connector to the mobo of the new machine, connect the power cable and boot the machine. You don't need a slot or anything else if all you want is to transfer the data to the new machine. I wouldn't trust a HDD that old to keep storing data on. Get the data off, then take the old drive apart to use the platters for cool coasters and the magnet to fool your friends when they use your new coasters for their drinks.

Jim

Nick Arrera · February 18, 2009, 06:54 PM

I remember using a lot of dos commands in 98 .
I'm thinking the same thing you are T . Make coasters

In 98 if recall right you do have to format a ntfs drive to fat 32 , or both to ntfs.

Lo Down · February 18, 2009, 07:44 PM

Nick Arrera said

I was under the impression he was trying to tranfer data to another internal drive or USB .
Yes formatting it will loose any data on the slave drive .
Lo , let me know if you have data on the slave drive you don't want to loose .

I want some the data on my old '97 transferred into the newer computer. How to best do it is the question.

I can format the '97 HD later after I recover the info I need. It's been acting up more and more since I did something I shouldn't have a couple years ago. I want to save the info before it goes off the deep end.

Nick Arrera · February 18, 2009, 08:02 PM

Do you have a ide connector on the new confuser ?
If so connect the drive from the old confuser > transfer the files , and put the drive back in the old one .
Some Win 98 programs may not run on XP, even in compatibility mode .
No problem with personal data .

Lo Down · February 19, 2009, 02:33 AM

Nick Arrera said

Do you have a ide connector on the new confuser ?
If so connect the drive from the old confuser > transfer the files , and put the drive back in the old one .
Some Win 98 programs may not run on XP, even in compatibility mode .
No problem with personal data .

Yes, it has an IDE jumper plug coming off the HD and a nice little slot/cage to place a second drive. It has an 80 wire connector.............. but that doesn't make any difference, correct?

On the mother board, there are two plug locations, both being used. One by the HD and one going to the DVD, CD and floppy drives.

Nick Arrera · February 19, 2009, 03:01 AM

NO , should be Blue to motherboard > black to master > grey to slave .
Make sure you set the old drive settings to slave .

Lo Down · February 19, 2009, 04:46 AM

Nick Arrera said

NO , should be Blue to motherboard > black to master > grey to slave .
Make sure you set the old drive settings to slave .

Blue, Black, Gray?????? where are these colors you speak of.............. ya lost me, are we on the same topic?

Ribbons are all gray and connectors are all black................ What's supposed to be blue?

I'm not ready to transfer this info yet......... not in a hurry, just trying to figure out how I am going to do it when the time comes.

I'm goin' back to bed now, 'cause I got one more day to work this week.............. that's 4 in a row. whoopee!