Comments on: Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One

By: t wallace

t wallace — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:48:40 +0000

yes and if you back up your files the virus goes with them

By: Seymour Wheelock

Seymour Wheelock — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:26:33 +0000

Don’t know why but I’m finding little help online with this question:
I bought a new PC laptop. It’s Vista. I want to keep what it has on it in the way of applications, files, settings, etc. I want to add to it the programs, files, settings, etc., from the old laptop. All I find is info about transferring to the new one as if to replace, not augment, the files on the new one. I’ve got a clone of the old HD on an external USB HD. What do I do?

By: Patricia Cossart

Patricia Cossart — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:03:41 +0000

My old computer died and I had the computer people put everything on the old hard drive on to a portable one. I cam home and hooked it up to my new computer, but now I can’t access much of what’s on it. I get access denied as I don’t have permission. What does this mean and what can I do about it? Please help.

By: zing

zing — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:59:22 +0000

can i twitter my files to new computeR??! plz help

By: yvette

yvette — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:56:01 +0000

I had a question i want to transfer word documents excel documents music and pictures from my old dell computer to my new hp computer. in my dell computer i have a virus, when i transfer over these files will i also transfer the virus?

By: e-okul

e-okul — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:22:05 +0000

Could some one help me!!! I have some old files on a old computer that I need System is windows 95 I have the files on a floppy and tried to open then on XP no way. I can bring them up on the 95 system but I can not print them because everything is usb cable now and I do not have any cables to hook old computer up. HELP

By: define

define — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:40:09 +0000

Can I use it on blogger?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:45:50 +0000

I have the same problem and when I go to disk management, it shows the drive with windows 98 on it but will not assign a letter to the drive without having to delete the partition. This is unacceptable because I would loose all the files on the disk. Have you found an answer to your guestion which you are willing to share? Thanks Joe

By: Diana Merrick

Diana Merrick — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:40:55 +0000

Hi. I just bought a Dell Inspirion with Vista. My old Dell EP became corrupted with a virus. I want to transfer mostly pictures to my new computer. Can I do this with out corrupting my new computer? I have the Vista/EP transfering cable. Thanks, Diana

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:16:29 +0000

It’s probably way too late in your particular case Paulsgotstyle; but for anyone else who needs to know here’s how to do it:

First before you start you’ll need to know which letter your temporary hooked up drive has been assigned with by your computer. Once you’ve established that, (In XP) click Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management, and look for “Disk Management” under “Storage”. Click “Disk Management”.

Select the correct drive in the other window pane and right-click it. Click “Format”. Click yes and preferrably make sure the type of file system you’re using is NTFS – Unless you’re going to install Win ME or 98 on it; in which case ensure you select FAT32.

(You can use FAT32 with XP – And I believe Vista too; but the maximum file size with FAT32 is 32MB: You won’t be able to create files bigger than that.)

That will erase everything off of the drive and reformat it.