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   Message 145,694 of 146,966   
   Lynsey Doyle to All   
   Re: Need Help about OLD hard drive !   
   12 Sep 11 17:41:51   
   
   From: blackhole@3rdleft.com   
      
    a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :   
   ro6s675a3r8ihff9h5t5majcjndoe38tvp@4ax.com...   
   >   
   > Sorry---I know this is off topic.   
   > But, I also know there are some real savvy computer folks   
   > that show up here.   
   >   
   > My problem: I have some old, much loved games on   
   > an old DOS era computer. A few days ago the (old CRT)   
   > monitor died-just suddenlt went blank.,   
   >  So now I'd like those games , but----   
   > I removed the hard drive and put it in a device to use as   
   > USP external media on an XP Pro machine. But, alas,   
   > my XP machine doesn't recognize and can't read the   
   > old drive.   
   >  Does anyone here know a way to access/remove info from   
   > the old drive??   
   > Thanks for any suggestions.   
      
    How old is old? If it has the same connection format as 'normal' ide   
   drives there shouldn't be a problem. Are you sure that the jumpers are   
   set right, that is on Slve propably (if you have a min disk drive for   
   your system)?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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