Old hard drive – read data?
Hello, I just bought a new PC. Now I want to read the boot disks from my old PC. It just doesn't work. I got a USB-SATA adapter, but it's very slow and doesn't work. The old hard drives contain a lot of family photos, and I can't view them. What am I doing wrong?
Is it possible to replace the built-in hard drive with an older one in Windows 11? Will it be recognized? I haven't tried it yet. The old hard drive still has Windows 7 installed.
Thanks for a very primitive, but successful answer. I have almost no knowledge of the technology. Is there a step-by-step solution that actually achieves the goal?
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The easiest thing is to connect the hard drive to the motherboard with a Sata cable (+ power supply for you hard drive from the power supply). Aka you need a Sata cable. Maybe there was one.
Data over USB always takes forever. (Windows Explorer is also the largest red. in Linux you could transfer data more securely and faster via USB.) So if you plug it directly with Sata, you can transfer the data significantly faster.
Otherwise, you have connected the adapter to a USB-2 port. Connect it to a USB-3 (which is blue or different). However, your adapter can only be USB-2 data rates.
It works fine with me. adapter (Total) and everything is there. The plate is ancient (approx. 20 years) and is recognized by the computer (uralt, Win XP) and tablet (Android 8). Try a phone or tablet (Android). I’m not an expert. It may be the formatting of the plate (NTFS/FAT) or whether 32 or 64 bits.
You can easily attach the old hard drive to the new computer via sata (so both FP are connected) and then you can easily copy the data and uninstall the hard drive or simply leave it inside and use it as an additional memory.
If the new computer has an ollen SATA port. Is it still?
He’s safe! – I would install it as a second disk anyway
Yes mainboards still have sata slots, it can be that you have a built-in SSD in your new computer (which is so to speak on the board) and therefore you don’t see any cables there, but as I said you still have sata slots mostly when you open the flap and look at the board at the bottom right.
The hard drive you want to plug in additionally also needs power you also get from the power supply as a rule you also have at least one slot still free. Exception would possibly be with a modular power supply then extra cables should be included in the carton.