DBrown51 Baseband Member Messages 92 Location Michigan Feb 16, 2017 #1 My old laptop broke so I took the hard drive out. What is the best to transfer some files from that drive to my desktop
My old laptop broke so I took the hard drive out. What is the best to transfer some files from that drive to my desktop
carnageX Private Joker, Staff member Messages 25,056 Location Oregon Feb 16, 2017 #2 Hook it up via an external enclosure and copy/paste the files over to your desktop. You may need to take ownership of some folders in order to access them (particularly those under the C:\Users\ folder that contains your Documents/Picturesl/etc. folders): https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659(v=ws.11).aspx
Hook it up via an external enclosure and copy/paste the files over to your desktop. You may need to take ownership of some folders in order to access them (particularly those under the C:\Users\ folder that contains your Documents/Picturesl/etc. folders): https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659(v=ws.11).aspx
OP OP DBrown51 Baseband Member Messages 92 Location Michigan Feb 16, 2017 #3 Thank you, will just any enclosure work, I saw some cheap on amazon
carnageX Private Joker, Staff member Messages 25,056 Location Oregon Feb 16, 2017 #4 If you're not going to be using it much then yes that'll be fine. As long as it has the same interface for your HDD (anything within the past 8 years will be SATA).
If you're not going to be using it much then yes that'll be fine. As long as it has the same interface for your HDD (anything within the past 8 years will be SATA).