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Resolved Question

Hard Drive Transfer

Sep 6, 2011 1:21AM PDT

Hi all, my laptop recently went to that great junk yard in the sky! The hard drive on the laptop has got all my photos, music, documents etcc... how do I get all that stuff onto my new laptop?

I don't want to transfer over the whole drive, no need to copy over the old o/s, as the new laptop has that.

I really just want the photos, docs etcc....

the old hard drive is not damaged, any help would be really appreciated, Thanks very much

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Try USB adapters
Sep 8, 2011 1:02AM PDT
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thank you!
Sep 8, 2011 3:30AM PDT

thanks to you both, food for thought!

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(NT) Yes this was very helpful both for me and a few other geeks
Sep 14, 2011 11:44PM PDT
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Try the usual,
Sep 6, 2011 1:32AM PDT

Put the old drive into some USB case.
Bob