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georgiecasey · 17-01-2012, 16:30

Weird problem here, my father got a new PC finally and needs his old files from his 1995 AST Advantage 611 with 8MB RAM AND 500MB Hard Drive.

It has no internet at all, no modem jack, no USB slots, no CD writer, etc.

The only thing I thought I could use was the 3.5" floppy. So I bought a USB drive and disk but after many attempts his floppy disk drive just corrupts every new floppy I put into it.

So I can only think of 2 more options.
1) Somehow messing around with the serial and parallel ports, which is before my time, I wouldn't know where to start
2) Take out his 500MB Hard drive and install it on a bay in my current PC. This is my preferred option. Would a 1995 hard drive be similiar to install to a current one?! Just plug in the power cable and connection and away you go?!

sugarman · 17-01-2012, 16:32

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2) Take out his 500MB Hard drive and install it on a bay in my current PC. This is my preferred option. Would a 1995 hard drive be similiar to install to a current one?! Just plug in the power cable and connection and away you go?!

Yep, it SHOULD be just an old IDE disc drive.

Auvers · 17-01-2012, 16:33

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Originally Posted by georgiecasey

2) Take out his 500MB Hard drive and install it on a bay in my current PC. This is my preferred option. Would a 1995 hard drive be similiar to install to a current one?! Just plug in the power cable and connection and away you go?!

this would be your best option as its going to be an IDE connection or an IDE caddy could also be used

georgiecasey · 17-01-2012, 16:41

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Originally Posted by sugarman

Yep, it SHOULD be just an old IDE disc drive.

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Originally Posted by Auvers

this would be your best option as its going to be an IDE connection or an IDE caddy could also be used

Yeah, I know it's IDE. Good, I'll try that now.

Cheers

Morlar · 17-01-2012, 17:55

Do you know if it is FAT16 or FAT32 ? Far as I remember W7 does not do FAT 16.

Skerries · 17-01-2012, 19:19

thats just Thinist!

whoami1 · 18-01-2012, 00:24

Network cable?

georgiecasey · 18-01-2012, 00:49

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Network cable?

No ethernet card or any kinda of a network card.

Serial and parallel ports, that's it.

Overheal · 18-01-2012, 03:45

professional data transfer service tbf. Someone who already has the necessary setup. Shouldn't cost you that much, less than 100 I would think but probably more than 50. It's Data Recovery from failed drives that causes the most headaches and costs considerably more.

truedoom · 20-01-2012, 10:38

simplest solution:

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=...nkw=ide+to+usb

partyatmygaff · 21-01-2012, 15:26

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/USB-2-0-IDE-P...item3a6f5e24dd

Use a Windows XP Machine or a Windows XP virtual machine running in Windows 7 to access the drive. If your current desktop has an IDE port that would probably work too.

If all else fails, there are ways and means of transferring data over a serial port. It's incredibly slow though.

georgiecasey · 11-02-2012, 18:02

cheers for the ide to usb replies as i've just got around to this, managed to get the hard drive out, dust nearly killed me! went to put the hard drive in and of course my new PC is sata only with the old harddrive ide/parallel ata.

power cables don't seem to have changed much though. do i've to do any messing with jumpers on the old drive? i just can't fathom the idea that you can put a 16 year old drive into a new build and use it with no problems!

**yoyo** · 11-02-2012, 19:24

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cheers for the ide to usb replies as i've just got around to this, managed to get the hard drive out, dust nearly killed me! went to put the hard drive in and of course my new PC is sata only with the old harddrive ide/parallel ata.

power cables don't seem to have changed much though. do i've to do any messing with jumpers on the old drive? i just can't fathom the idea that you can put a 16 year old drive into a new build and use it with no problems!

Set the jumper to "Cable Select" so you shouldn't run into any issues. I would just use the hard disk for purpose of getting data off it and stopping then, old hard drives will work slower and may fail at any stage

Nick

georgiecasey · 11-02-2012, 19:26

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Set the jumper to "Cable Select" so you shouldn't run into any issues. I would just use the hard disk for purpose of getting data off it and stopping then, old hard drives will work slower and may fail at any stage

Nick

ya, for sure, i've no intention of permanently parking a 650MB drive beside my two 1TB drives! i'm grabbing everything and then it's going in the bin.

Firblog · 11-02-2012, 21:02

Use the data cable from the old PC as the cable in the new machine will be too 'fast' for the old drive; also set the jumpers to cable select

17-01-2012, 16:30	#1
georgiecasey Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,113 Adverts \| Friends	Installing 1995 Hard Drive on a Current PC to get Old Files Weird problem here, my father got a new PC finally and needs his old files from his 1995 AST Advantage 611 with 8MB RAM AND 500MB Hard Drive. It has no internet at all, no modem jack, no USB slots, no CD writer, etc. The only thing I thought I could use was the 3.5" floppy. So I bought a USB drive and disk but after many attempts his floppy disk drive just corrupts every new floppy I put into it. So I can only think of 2 more options. 1) Somehow messing around with the serial and parallel ports, which is before my time, I wouldn't know where to start 2) Take out his 500MB Hard drive and install it on a bay in my current PC. This is my preferred option. Would a 1995 hard drive be similiar to install to a current one?! Just plug in the power cable and connection and away you go?!

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17-01-2012, 17:55	#5
Morlar Closed Account Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,213 Adverts \| Friends	Do you know if it is FAT16 or FAT32 ? Far as I remember W7 does not do FAT 16.

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Skerries Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: NorthCider to the core ;) Posts: 3,748 Adverts \| Friends	thats just Thinist!

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whoami1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140 Adverts \| Friends	Network cable?

18-01-2012, 03:45	#9
Overheal Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 34,570 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Facilitators, Feed Forward Private, Feed Forward Public, FeedForward	professional data transfer service tbf. Someone who already has the necessary setup. Shouldn't cost you that much, less than 100 I would think but probably more than 50. It's Data Recovery from failed drives that causes the most headaches and costs considerably more.

20-01-2012, 10:38	#10
truedoom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 91 Adverts \| Friends	simplest solution: http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=...nkw=ide+to+usb

21-01-2012, 15:26	#11
partyatmygaff Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10,205 Adverts \| Friends	http://www.ebay.ie/itm/USB-2-0-IDE-P...item3a6f5e24dd Use a Windows XP Machine or a Windows XP virtual machine running in Windows 7 to access the drive. If your current desktop has an IDE port that would probably work too. If all else fails, there are ways and means of transferring data over a serial port. It's incredibly slow though.

11-02-2012, 18:02	#12
georgiecasey Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,113 Adverts \| Friends	cheers for the ide to usb replies as i've just got around to this, managed to get the hard drive out, dust nearly killed me! went to put the hard drive in and of course my new PC is sata only with the old harddrive ide/parallel ata. power cables don't seem to have changed much though. do i've to do any messing with jumpers on the old drive? i just can't fathom the idea that you can put a 16 year old drive into a new build and use it with no problems!

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Firblog Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 716 Adverts \| Friends	Use the data cable from the old PC as the cable in the new machine will be too 'fast' for the old drive; also set the jumpers to cable select