Moving Data

[inflames988]

I need to move some data (about 1-2gb of music, word, excel, ppt docs) to a different computer...but the one they are on now is not working...all of these docs are on a secondary (slave) hdd without windows on it, so i can just stick it right in as a slave to the HDD in the computer i need them to get to and not have to configure anything to be able to access them correct?

[Alienware_Dude]

As long as the file system on the drive is compatible with the version of Windows you're running, yes.

[Mesaeus]

For FAT32, you'll need Windows 95 OSR 2 and up (98/Me/2000/XP). For a NTFS you have to kinda get the same OS as before (there are at least three different, older versions of NTFS), though I think Win2000 and xp will have no problems. If you want to read NTFS in win 98/Me, you can use NTFSDos (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdos.shtml), which is a free program that allows you to read your NTFS drives under 98/Me, but not write.

[inflames988]

Old pc is FAT 32, windows 98 (first edition, not SE)...new pc is XP home.