Old Hard drive (Vista) to new laptop with W7?

[JEFF247]

My laptop died. I have the hard drive & it uses Vista. Any way to connect to my new laptop, with Windows 7 and copy files I want? I would then want to erase everything on old HD and sell it. Any recommendations? Thank you.

 

[mrsix]

Easy way - take it to Tiger Direct (or Best Buy / Future Shop), pay $30, they will recover all files and give to you on your own flash drive.

DIY - read the instructions here

Good luck.

 

[JEFF247]

Good article. Thank you.

 

[MattRoxx]

I've used a universal drive adapter for getting files off of all kinds of HDDs from old PCs and laptops.
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php

 

[danmand]

Buy a Usb HD enclosure from Canada Computers ($15), either Sata or IDE and use your old hard drive as a backup drive

 

[WoodPeckr]

Buy a Usb HD enclosure from Canada Computers ($15), either Sata or IDE and use your old hard drive as a backup drive

IMO this is the best option. It will turn your old HDD into an external HDD.

 

[Rockslinger]

Buy a Usb HD enclosure from Canada Computers ($15), either Sata or IDE and use your old hard drive as a backup drive

For a laptop, the enclosure is probably no more than $5 if you look for a sale. Laptop HD's are tiny.

 

[danmand]

For a laptop, the enclosure is probably no more than $5 if you look for a sale. Laptop HD's are tiny.

Tiger direct charged me $20, Canada Computers $15.

 

[dondada]

factory direct also around 15-20...

 

[JEFF247]

Thanks for all the advise. Much appreciated.

 

[enyaw]

If this dude lives in new york, the stores don't imply but the methods are spot on