borrow an ide hard drive reader

[jumping350]

Bit of a long shot but does anyone in or near Surrey have an ide hard drive reader? Other computer is dead so need to pull all my data off it, Il pick up and drop off and of course sort a drink or something for the helping party.

let me know if you got one

[ioneabee]

I think pembrokeshire might be a bit far away - but i have one

 

if you don't get any joy - I'll box and post it and then you can return it when you're ready

Edited January 5, 2014 by ioneabee

[glrnet]

I love this place

[GIXXERUK]

Isn't an IDE to USB cable only a few quid off eBay ?

[jumping350]

Thanks ioneabee i may do that as il only need it once, yeah they are was hoping to get all my videos and photos off tommorow to give to my mate so just seeing if there is one close by

[cyntax]

I have one you can borrow; I'm in Sussex

[jumping350]

Where in Sussex are you buddy?

[neo]

if u have access to other tower PC it may have a ide as well as sata connector, I know my old (2009) had both

[cyntax]

Near Worthing, but can easily get up towards Horsham / Dorking if needed.

[jumping350]

Cyntax you have pm, thanks neo i did try that but wouldn't boot im guessing it wont recognise the drivers? Nabbed an old comp from work was 2007 only had sata my harddrives a 2003 lol

Edited January 6, 2014 by jumping350

[ioneabee]

thanks neo i did try that but wouldn't boot im guessing it wont recognise the drivers?

 

if the older pc you have has 2 ide connectors (which it will have - 1 normally into exisitng hard drive and 1 into a cd/dvd drive) - unplug the dvd drive and connect your hard drive to that (checking that the jumpers are set to auto or slave) - you will then be able to start that pc with its normal hard drive and your old HD shows up as effectively storage space

[jumping350]

Oh god ive only just got it working again lol so if i unplug cd drive and chuck it in there should work, i don't want to mess with the jumpers again as that was a thorn in my side for ages if the jumpers weren't in right place nothing would happen right? Might just give it a go

[cyntax]

Good stuff

[Grundy]

Oh god ive only just got it working again lol so if i unplug cd drive and chuck it in there should work, i don't want to mess with the jumpers again as that was a thorn in my side for ages if the jumpers weren't in right place nothing would happen right? Might just give it a go

Worst case scenario, PC doesn't boot. No damage will come from changing the jumpers As long as you got another IDE lead in your PC spare or connected to as mentioned by ion, a dvd/cd drive, just swap that over for your hard drive. Set the jumpers on the hard drive to slave, that way it will just act as a storage device, and boot from your other hard drive for your operating system.

[cyntax]

Just don't plug the drive in with the machine powered on!

[AliveBoy]

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It's like you guys are speaking a different language

Edited January 6, 2014 by AliveBoy

[gsexr]

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It's like you guys are speaking a different language

 

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/379330/how-to-build-a-pc-a-step-by-step-guide

 

here yer go mate a bit of light reading

[cyntax]

Been doing it professionally for over 10 years, so I would hope I know what I'm doing at times

[rabbitstew]

Going forward its times like this when you start think about getting some sort of back up in place. External 1tb hard drives are well cheap now which is what ive just bought to back up all my stuff. I also use google drive which auto sync`s all my stuff, which has the added benefit that i can access my stuff from any device.

 

Hope you can recover it all okay!

Edited January 6, 2014 by rabbitstew

[jumping350]

Haven't tried yet, but this forum is epic for help,the jumpers are even labelled on my old drive so that's sorted out where slave is, so will swap cd drive for old hard drive shortly.

alive boy believe me 2 weeks ago i was in same boat as you, learnt a hell of a lot over Xmas via taking it apart google and my friend, rebuilt my whole computer for £90 thanks to gumtree and its never run games so quick and overcame a lot of problems due to old motherboard and new OS and leads etc

 

just like cars im glad i learnt to do it myself shows how much pc world and computer repair shops stiff you

[neo]

thanks neo i did try that but wouldn't boot im guessing it wont recognise the drivers?

 

if the older pc you have has 2 ide connectors (which it will have - 1 normally into exisitng hard drive and 1 into a cd/dvd drive) - unplug the dvd drive and connect your hard drive to that (checking that the jumpers are set to auto or slave) - you will then be able to start that pc with its normal hard drive and your old HD shows up as effectively storage space

 

I should have explained myself better, like above put the drive on the cd/dvd ide as a slave

 

depending on the bios you can sometimes get to a "boot menu" so you can pick which drive to boot from, usually one of the higher number F keys.

[neo]

Haven't tried yet, but this forum is epic for help,the jumpers are even labelled on my old drive so that's sorted out where slave is, so will swap cd drive for old hard drive shortly.

alive boy believe me 2 weeks ago i was in same boat as you, learnt a hell of a lot over Xmas via taking it apart google and my friend, rebuilt my whole computer for £90 thanks to gumtree and its never run games so quick and overcame a lot of problems due to old motherboard and new OS and leads etc

 

just like cars im glad i learnt to do it myself shows how much pc world and computer repair shops stiff you

 

best way to learn i've been building/repairing pc's since windows 95, that was a fun OS , vista and later make it too easy

[gsexr]

Nothing like a bit of service pack 2 to help with yer drivers....lol

[jumping350]

Little update it didnt work!!! Mainly because hard drive is corrupted, apparently can still get data off with a reader so back to original plan lol

[cyntax]

If you get the drive to me, I'll work my magic