You backup on the schedule you set up, so use that method on the old computer. Either with CDRW, networking them or try some external USB Hard Drive Case.
If you don't backup, then why not? Hard drives last some 5 or there about years. When they quite, people learn why the fuss about backup.
Why learn this first hand?
Bob
My old computer has died without being able to create a backup and I want to know how I can recover the information on my old hard drive and memory to my new computer.I don't necessarily want to have 2 hard drives installed,just transfer the data.
Thank you

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