Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: daves66nova
A friend's comp stopped working. He has a few thousand songs on there. What I want to do is see if it's possible to add his HD to my comp to access his music and save it to a flashdrive. His comp is a Emachines t2895 running XP, mine is a pieced together one running Win7 Ultimate. Also, if I replaced his power supply, which was burnt, what else can I check to see what's wrong with his comp? I also used that atx power supply tester, which plugs into MB and it made the cpu turn on, but as soon as I disconnect it,it turns off. Any suggestions? Thanks
It should be possible to add his HD to your computer. You'll need to ensure that the physical data interface is the same between the two. That is, if his HD uses the SATA interface, you'll need to have an extra SATA port on your motherboard to hook it to, as well as a SATA power connector from your power supply harness. If it has an IDE interface, you'll need to ensure that your motherboard has a connection for the IDE data cable, and you'll need a 4-pin MOLEX connector on your power supply's harness. I hotlinked an image below that shows the difference between SATA and IDE.
would I need to move that little white clip in the back so that it's recognized as a slave hdd,or something like that? Also, if it does work, how do I switch over to the new hdd to d/l songs?