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January 7th 10, 08:46 AM
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hard drive data retrieval
I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on
the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt 
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January 7th 10, 10:55 AM
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Either connect the disk directly to your new motherboard - jumper it
correctly if it is an IDE disk - or buy a USB external disk case and fit it in that. Again, jumper it as master if it is an IDE disk. The data will be visible when you have assigned a drive letter to the disk in Disk Management, if this does not happen automatically. Transfer procedures will depend on which programs you were using before and are using now. This assumes the crash was not because the disk itself failed. If the disk failed, you may need to send it to a recovery specialist. On 07/01/2010 09:46, Walter Goldschmidt wrote: I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
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January 7th 10, 10:55 AM
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Either connect the disk directly to your new motherboard - jumper it correctly if it is an IDE disk - or buy a USB external disk case and fit it in that. Again, jumper it as master if it is an IDE disk. The data will be visible when you have assigned a drive letter to the disk in Disk Management, if this does not happen automatically. Transfer procedures will depend on which programs you were using before and are using now. This assumes the crash was not because the disk itself failed. If the disk failed, you may need to send it to a recovery specialist. On 07/01/2010 09:46, Walter Goldschmidt wrote: I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
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January 7th 10, 01:00 PM
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The simplest full proof method is from your external data backups
"Walter Goldschmidt" wrote in message ... I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
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January 7th 10, 01:00 PM
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The simplest full proof method is from your external data backups
"Walter Goldschmidt" wrote in message ... I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
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February 4th 10, 05:04 PM
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On Jan 7, 9:46*am, "Walter Goldschmidt" wrote:
I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt Get an USB external drive enclosure and place the older drive into it.
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February 4th 10, 05:04 PM
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On Jan 7, 9:46*am, "Walter Goldschmidt" wrote:
I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt Get an USB external drive enclosure and place the older drive into it.
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February 5th 10, 02:01 AM
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Hi, Walt.
I just open the computer case, then grab a couple of cables and connect the old drive to the connectors on the new mobo. Don't even have to put the old drive in the case, just set it on a table or something close enough for the cables to reach. And I usually don't throw away the old drive if it still works; just mount it in the new case for additional storage or backup. ;) RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Walter Goldschmidt" wrote in message ... I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
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February 5th 10, 02:01 AM
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Hi, Walt.
I just open the computer case, then grab a couple of cables and connect the old drive to the connectors on the new mobo. Don't even have to put the old drive in the case, just set it on a table or something close enough for the cables to reach. And I usually don't throw away the old drive if it still works; just mount it in the new case for additional storage or backup. ;) RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Walter Goldschmidt" wrote in message ... I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
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