Posted on 04/02/2019 2:49:27 AM PDT by Chickensoup
Also, you’ve been reported. Let’s see how long it takes to move this silly thread.
Get a Mac.
Oh no everyone, I have been reported!!
I am being sent to the cheesehole.
not the cheesehole!
btw who is this guy?
never heard of him.
Get a Mac
I have head that before.
https://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=83260&rH=1628
I know who you are!!
You are humblegunner’s younger brother.
Except without the personality and charm.
heard
thanks looks like a transformer.
However in the case of switching to new hardware you want to make sure the vendor provides drivers for Windows 7. They don't all do that.
Another option is give up on the old drive and your nice Windows 7 that you are used to. Plug the old drive into the new computer with an external connector (USB to SATA connector, e.g. Walmart link That will make you old drive an external drive on the new computer and you can find and reuse your files. But you will have to recreate your whole working environment (buy the applications) on the new computer with its new disk and new OS.
You can also buy a small box with the SATA to USB and put your old drive in that box and use it as a permanent external drive.
You can also try to find an old used laptop with Windows 7 and recreate your working environment on there (probably have to buy Office and other apps). Then copy the files from the old drive into the new computer.
However, the first thing I would do in your case is pull the old drive from the old laptop, get the Walmart thing, plug that old drive into some friend's computer and look at it. Make sure it works, and try to find the files you want to save.
i buy Dell refurbs. Use an external hard drive hook up. copy off the profiles (windows 7 up C:]\users\[profile names] go into public directory and save all that. Then I save programdata (hidden by default at c:\programdata
Look for all shared files and common data, copy that off.
Then start SELECTIVELY bringing the stuff back
You can also use the adapter from post 45 instead of the one from Walmart.
AMEN. The newer ones are OEM Windows licenses especially from big manufacturers so they don’t list the Certificate of Authenticity on the machine itself; not even under the battery as some laptops do.
It allows you to connect a hard drive you have removed from a dead PC to a live one as if it were a USB drive.
All your data is easily recoverable however your software will need to be re-installed
Since you use Outlook as your email client, your PST file can be imported into your new installation of Outlook and all your emails will be there
You need the services of a tech. Buy your new PC from a place that has the ability to do this. Of the chains, Microcenter can do all this and I favor them over BestBuy etc.
Hint: when you buy a new computer, buy a keyboard.
Any computer repair place can yank the hard drive and recover the data. Best Buy, etc.
Plug into Smart TV !? Interesting...
Do You know anything about IDE 3.5” HDD from a directv DVR with recorded Programs and if it’s POSSIBLE to Access the Content using a Windoze 7, 8.1, or Vista OS ?
If after getting dry the power supply fan doesn't come on for a moment when you plug the power cord in, and if the computer doesn't show some CPU fan activity when you press the start button, it my be that only the power supply is shot. It is the only place on the computer that has high voltage that is susceptible to water.
The power supply can be checked by unplugging the 20/24-pin motherboard connector and shorting the proper POWER GOOD connector to ground. If the power supply is wotking, iys fan will come on and stay on. If the power supply is dead, replacing it is very easy, because all you have to do is to unplug the connectors from the board and from the drives, unbolt and remove it, and put in a new one that meets/exceeds the power rating and leads configuration.
You may not want to do all this, so just take out the hard drive, mount it as a second drive in another windows computer, and use that operating system to transfer the complete set of files by copying the "My Documents" directory contents to an adequate USB flash drive.
Dismount and store the hard drive as the backed-up files in case you have to re-access them.
Putting the hard drive in another machine is OK, but you'll have to reinstall all the pertinent applications that use your important documents, images, or audio/video files.
(From an experienced computer technician.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_access_license
The acronym for Bill gates stealing more money legally.
(I didn’t know either till I looky...
“Seriously? You post this under news?”
Wow....kicking someone when they’re down.
Drowned any puppies lately?
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