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Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:35 am Post subject:
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i have my "old" HD with sata cable , and i want to try to get my old files.
my O.S. was on that drive too.
can i just plug it in one of the free sata ports on my MB .... or even on my sata port on top of my pc ?
i have 2 HD's in it now , and want to use this one for backup my photo's
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject:
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Yes, you can plug it in to a free port on the MB within the case, as long as you have an extra power connection, I'm guessing you should. If you want to plug it in the port on top, you'll need some external power for it as an SATA connection by itself doesn't supply power.
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:
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You most likely wont be able to boot from that harddrive as it is a good idea to format a drive when changing systems or CPU generations.
What I did with mine is hook it up as a slave and you must bypass administration controls or basically take ownership of the harddrive. Then you will be able to access your files to duplicate them. In order to bypass the administrator you must login to your newly formatted harddrive in safe mode. Then right click on the folder(s) you want and go to properties. Click the security tab. Then advanced. Then the owner tab. Then on the name list click and highlight yourself being the administrator. Then click ok or yes and that should take ownership of those files. Usually the stuff you need is in "your documents". Remember you must be in safe mode to achieve this.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
Great thing for boot cd's and portable booting devices to do a hit and run on a locked harddrive lol... just kidding 
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:18 am Post subject:
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thanks , got it working !
was just confused by the sata port on top of my rig , have no idea why they put that there , can't use it without a power (?)
maybe another device use it without power ?
well i'm gonna back things up now on dvd's as well , thanks !
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:11 am Post subject:
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| {uZa}Having Fun wrote: | was just confused by the sata port on top of my rig , have no idea why they put that there , can't use it without a power (?)
maybe another device use it without power ? |
You're confused because you're trying to use an external connection with an internal device.
External SATA drives come with the power adapter.
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