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To: Brian P. who wrote (11283)	8/18/2000 11:24:29 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110653

I think you can, but I don't know exactly how. I'm sure that before the day is out, people who have done this will supply us with the exact directions. Cheers, PW. P.S. It probably has something to do with cables, controllers, and a hammer. Also something to do with a Master-Slave relationship: Now we're getting kinky!

To: Brian P. who wrote (11283)	8/18/2000 11:33:50 AM
From: tanstfl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Brian, That depends on how the old drive parameters were established. If they were set automatically by the bios, there is a good chance that the new PC bios will match them (or can be forced to). If they were set with software that came with the drive then it is iffy. Anyway check the bios settings before you move it and then see if it retains them in the new system. As long as you don't write to it you'll be OK. An alternative that works quite well is laplink software and cable, which should be cheaper than a drive specialist (A parallel zip drive would probably be cheaper as well). Good luck, Steve

To: Brian P. who wrote (11283)	8/18/2000 11:37:19 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

If you add this hard drive to another computer as a secondary drive (slave) you should be able to keep the data, once you grab the data, format the drive and use it as storage for back-ups. I don't think it would be a problem, I would give it a try. I use a secondary hard drive to store downloaded programs (I don't buy packaged software anymore, it's all downloaded) and I also use this to back up data from my main drive, images and critical data. I just switch this drive to whatever computer I need it in and I have 20 GB of data. PS I also back up to CDR, and somethimes ZIP. Don't want to take the chance of all that data getting lost if that drive was dropped or died.