Re: Administrator password required, but I never set one!

Of course it's possible to transfer data directly from one computer to another, with the right software and the right kind of connection.

So it seems you're taking a different track now? Instead of using computer A to scan the hard disk of computer B for viruses, you're thinking of backing up your data files from B to A and then erasing B for a clean install?

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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Subguy wrote:
OK. Sorry for the apparently dumb question. It's just that I know it is possible to connect a desktop and laptop and transfer data from one drive to the other, so I thought maybe the laptop would recognize the hard drive in the desktop, and I could do what I need to do, without having to go through the trouble and expense of taking it out and putting it in a case.

Al

PS - I wasn't planning to attach the cable directly to the hard drive.



"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

How do you plan to attach a USB cable to a hard drive while it's still inside your computer? Forget it...it's a rhetorical question, because it can't be done. Look, don't play around. Just do what you need to do.

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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Subguy wrote:
What would happen if I left the hard drive in my inoperable computer and hooked it up to my laptop via USB cable? Would I be able to access the hard drive in the desktop computer that way?

Al


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