cook@acsu.buffalo.edu (john m cook) (10/08/90)
I had a motherboard die a few weeks ago. I had a 30Meg Seagate Drive on it. If I transfer the 30Meg Drive with it's controller to a new machine, will the data be still there? My assumption is yes. Next, since I've experimented in the past with this process only on machines with BIOS setup routines. My new temporary machine is the old kind where you needed to toggle switches to set the BIOS. Will this be a problem? Do I beg for the newer machine long enough to transfer the data I need to the network? Just trying to walk through all my possible problems before I waste time trying to figure them out on the spot. Thanks, John
jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) (10/09/90)
Moving the hard drive to the new machine MAY NOT WORK!
I strongly suggest that you back up the drive first. If you have the exact
BIOS in the new machine, then it will most likely work. I am assuming that
the motheboard is NOT a XT board.
You will have to find a drive type which matched exactly to that of the old
motherboard. If you can't get that ... I hate to say it ... you're out of
luck, you'll have to reformat.
I hope this helps.
P.S. -- I have a lot of friends in SUNY Buffalo.
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