Dear John,
I do not recommend replacing the HDD in your new computer with the one salvaged
from your old computer as seemed to be suggested by one person, much better to
leave the new computer as it is and just copy your data across to it from the
backup drive, or from the salvaged HDD using a docking station like Andrew P.
suggested or a cheaper converter like the one I use (see attached pic).
Copying from your old backup drive would be the best way to go, unless your old
computer was not fully backed up when it failed, in which case using the
salvaged HDD might allow you to restore more data.
I have an earlier version of the simple USB to SATA converter shown in my pic,
(USB type A instead of type C as shown), bought initially to copy data from a
HDD removed from an old no longer working computer (sound familiar?) and used
occasionally since then to access other SATA HDDs without enclosures, and it
has always worked well.
By the way, this is for 2.5” SATA, which I assume your HDD ex Win 10 will be,
but there was an older bigger SATA drive, so before you buy a converter, if you
need to, please check its size to ensure you get the right size SATA connector,
or get the docking bay recommended by Andrew, which takes both sizes.
PCS.
> On 20 Mar 2023, at 3:28 am, Andrew Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote:
>
> If you're hard drive has already been removed from the computer, you might be
> able to use something like this
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-External-Enclosure-Docking-ST0014U-D/dp/B01J4XNLN6
>
> Don't just buy the thing I linked, but understand first, is your hard drive
> that was removed from your old computer SATA that would work with that
> particular device. The advantage of the device I linked to, is that if you
> have a hard drive and you don't want to put it into an enclosure or install
> it in your computer, you can just push it into place plug everything in and
> things will generally just work.
>
> I have an older version of that and I use it all the time. When people say
> hey. Can you get something off this hard drive.
>
> note that there are probably cheaper solutions, like simply plugging it into
> your existing computer if you have any ability to do that.
>
> Yes, I know that there are more permanent external drive enclosures that
> don't leave the hard drive exposed. And if you want to use the drive off and,
> that would be a better solution.
>
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> On Mar 19, 2023, 1:04 PM, at 1:04 PM, John Thomas <dodyj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am 88 and not so swift anymore. My Win10 desktop computer power
>> supply
>> went out. I was able to save the HDD and an external drive backup. I
>> have needed medical and legal records I need to recover. I have a new
>> Win11 desktop. How can I get these documents? Please, please give meme
>> help! Thank you. John
>>
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