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From: ~misfit~ on 30 Jun 2010 20:55
Somewhere on teh intarwebs jw(a)eldorado.com wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:48:49 -0400, "Ian D" <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> One thing to note, is that 2.5" laptop IDE drives have different
>> connectors than 3.5" IDE drives. The SATA connectors for
>> both 2.5" and 3.5" drives are identical. If the laptop's drive is
>> IDE, the best thing is to buy a cheap 2.5" IDE external drive
>> case as suggested by baZZ, then use that to copy the data
>> to the desktop. If the drive is 2.5", then you can attach it to
>> SATA and power connections from the desktop.
>>
>> I assume that you know that you will have to install the OS
>> and applications on the desktop you're going to build, as the
>> OS installation on the laptop won't work on the desktop. Also,
>> even if you have the laptop OS disks, odds are they are BIOS
>> locked to the laptop, so you will need to obtain a new OS disk.
>>
>
> Thanks for input.
>
> I figured as much. All I want to do I think, is merely copy all of
> her data to my desktop, and go from there. The choices would be to
> configure a new desktop for her (which I have), or get her or buy her
> a new laptop. That would include installation of some software too.
> Then, either way, I can copy her precious data back into whatever
> system she ends up with, thereby preserving my son's chances.

Duke, it irks me that you keep refering to her data as 'precious' in a way
that obviously implies that you don't think that it's as important as she
obviously does. Is your data important to you? Your klutz of a son destroyed
her computer and you're at least trying to do the right thing in restoring
her data but do you *have* to make it sound like she's not quite right in
the head for valuing her data (pics, email, writing...)?

Then again, perhaps that's the case as you talk about preserving your son's
chances. Going by what we know of his co-ordination skills this poor woman
might indeed be his only chance...

Good luck, to both of you.
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson.


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