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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Nathen on November 05, 2011, 12:21:46 PM

Title: Hard drive data transfer!
Post by: Nathen on November 05, 2011, 12:21:46 PM

Hi my computer, dv2000, crashed today due to a graphic card failure,wich is not uncommon for my model. Anyways i have this dv9000 laptop wich can hold 2 hard drives in it, i put the hard drive from the bad laptop and put it in the SLAVE hard drive slot. Is there a way to copy all my files from the SLAVE hard drive to the MASTER hard drive, including Desktop files and My documents to look just like the old pc?

Title: Re: Hard drive data transfer!
Post by: Geek-9pm on November 05, 2011, 01:36:01 PM

This article is for Windows 2000.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx
Step-by-Step Guide to Migrating Files and Settings
Published: June 01, 2001 | Updated: August 08, 2001

It copies data files. It can duplicate most of the user settings. However, it might not transfer programs that have to be installed each from its own install CD.

BTW how did you find a laptop that takes two HDD?

Title: Re: Hard drive data transfer!
Post by: patio on November 05, 2011, 08:55:21 PM

See Here... (http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/04/23/how-to-slave-hard-drive/)

Of course you will need to adjust the info to your setup but it's basically the same for all PC's...

Title: Re: Hard drive data transfer!
Post by: Nathen on November 18, 2011, 07:10:21 PM

*BTW how did you find a laptop that takes two HDD?*

Its a Hp pavilion dv9000 series, 2 HDD slots :D