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Hello, I am Mr. Fixit, your Host for ESRepair.
In this video, I am going to show you how you can transfer files from an
old hard drive
to your new computer.
I'm sure everyone has files they want to keep.
When your computer dies, well, there isn't much you can do,
but, take the Hard Drive out, assuming it still works
I'm going to show you can save
the data on the hard drive
and transfer it your new computer.
It is fairly simple.
Here
is everything you'll need. The adapter
in this case
comes with
the power supply unit
to power the SATAs
and the IDE 40-pin
drive. It comes with the
adapter,
comes with the CD
The CD got drivers for
people who are using Windows 98
if you're using XP, Vista, or Windows 7
the drivers are built into Windows Database
and does not require the CD.
you also get
the adapter
to convert your 12 volt
to a SATA power coupler
you also get a data cable for the SATA drive
and of course you're going to need the hard drive
now as you can see this is the adapter
It's an IDE/SATA
to USB adapter
these can be found on the internet
Just use your favorite search engine
to look for these types of adapters
there's something called USB to IDE/SATA drive or vise versa
here you have
a 44 pin
connector
this is for the 2 1/2 inch drives in laptops
you also have
the SATA connector
and the SATA connector is for 2 1/2 and the 3 1/2 inch drives
you also have an indicator that shows activity of the hard drive
and the reset button
and you also have
40 pin
3 1/2 inch
IDE data connector
these are the 40 pins
don't get them confused because this is the 44 pin connector that contain both Data
and power connectors
for the 2 1/2 inch IDE drives
and of course you got the usb connector
now the process is very very simple
First, I am going to hook up a 2 1/2 inch IDE laptop drive.
let me get the drive
this is my 2 1/2 inch drive that i am going to use in this demonstration.
As you can see, you have
the connectors in the back
The 4 isolated pins on this side
in the group
you do not use, but
these
the 44 pins over here you do
they also have a key hole
that prevents you from connecting the adapter incorrectly
do not force the adapter on here or otherwise damage will occur
next
you take the adapter
in this case
we are to use the
44 pin
you take the adapter
and slowly
insert it
just like that
and you have yourself
your very own adapter
now since this
hard drive doesn't use much power
it doesn't require an external power source
this can be powered by the USB Hub in your computer
A 3 1/2 inch
IDE hard drive
as you can see here
all you have to do
it's got the tab on here so you can't hook these up incorrectly
you line up the adapter with tab facing up
put
connector in place
and then gently
insert it securely
as you can see it as i mentioned earlier this one
in previous videos this is the power connector for these SATA and IDE drives
this is particularly for the IDE drives
all you have to do is
take your power adapter that came with
the usb adapter such as this
Be sure to watch the indentations on these drives
and on the power connector
you don't want to incorrectly insert these cause you will fry your
hard drive if you do
Gently insert it
do not want force it too much
you want a good connection
and there you go
your hard drive is now connected
Next, all you need to do
is once this is connected
is
plug in the power cord
it takes a few seconds for it to power up
and as you may have heard you've heard it spin up and the heads reset
this indicates that the drive is ready now
it's powered and ready to go
the SATA Drive
is slightly different
you can see here
we need the adapter to convert this
into this
we also have
the data connector
all we have to do is take the power connector
plug the converter in
make sure you get indentations correct
make sure they are not
incorrectly inserted
because you will fry your hard drive
once you have
your power adapter
plugged in
you now have a SATA power connector
there's only one way these will go on
so all you have to do is
line the hole up
plug in and
and there you go
all there is to that
then you take your SATA data connector
plug it into the slot next to the power
just like that
That's all there is to it.
not that hard
then
take you USB adapter and
use the SATA connector
take the SATA data cable and
plug into the adapter
that's all there is to it
and once again
you just need to
plug the power supply in
just like that
give it a few seconds
and you can hear it spin up
This means the drive is spinning and ready to go
Next, Take the USB plug
and plug it in an available
USB port
your computer recognizes it
then installs the necessary drivers it will need
you'll also notice
The light
on the adapter
you also hear
the heads move around as the computer checks it
this indicator
will tell you
the activities going on with the hard drive
when its flashes that means data is transferred between the Hard drive and computer
as you see here
next we see
that the computer has detected that the hard drive has files written on it
what you can do
is what i do
is
open the folder to view files
now as you can see
there's a file i have written on the drive
this file I need to transfer
so what I do next
is
right click it
choose copy
then go down here
click on the start
go to my
user folder
go to the Folder i want to put my files in
created it if you have to
as you can see here
this is empty. right click the background
and choose paste
and there you go
it will transfer your files
Once you're done
you can keep the drive and use it for extra storage
or delete everything on it
by reformatting the drive
a couple times or entirely delete the partition
and reformat it to make sure that any personal information on the drive
is erased
so if you decide not to keep it or
give to somebody else
there's no personal information on that drive
Well,
that's all you have to do to transfer files from the old hard drive to your new computer
I hope you enjoyed this program
stay tuned for more coming up
on Youtube.