Moving files from my Hard drive  in my computer to my external hard drive?
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If you're moving Windows files it sounds like you're trying to copy everything from your hard drive to the external disk drive (EDD).\n\nThis is fine if you're making a back-up of everything but you can't run Windows from your EDD.  You can put your other files on the EDD but Windows needs to run from your computer hard-drive.\n\nOn the basis that you're making a back up of everything...\n\nThe problem with doing this is that you can't easily copy files that are being used by your computer and with Windows running there will be several files that are in use.\n\nThere's a couple of things that you can do.  The first is to get a program that does everything for you.  A good one is Norton Ghost, not only will it make a complete back up but in future it will keep making backups - whenever files change or are added to your computer Ghost will copy them to your EDD, that way you always have a mirror of your computer hard-drive and you can forget about manually backing things up.\n\nThe other option is to not have Windows running but this means backing up using XCOPY straight from the command prompt in DOS and if you've got XP then you won't have DOS. In other words, this method works only with older versions of Windows.\n\nThere's a couple of articles here that may help - the first uses the DOS approach... http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/xcopy.html and the second is a technical response... http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/hd/cpyhd/index.html \n\nPersonally, I'd get Norton Ghost - pop it in your CD Drive and let it do all the work for you.  You can download it direct from Symantec... http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
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Since you no longer have a PC the least expensive way would be to take it to a shop and have them burn the files you need on CD's.  If you had or possibly have access to another PC the procedure is pretty straight forward.  Connect this drive as a slave drive.
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there is no easy way of doing this. you have 2 options. 1.  take you computer to a shop and ask them to transfer you hard drive to DVD or CD. or 2. you can remove the drive from your lap top buy and external hard drive case for a small hard drive (laptop hard drive) install your hard drive into the case and then connect it to your new PC and transfer the files that way.
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Just plug in your external hard drive, and start My Computer.  If the hard drive is properly formatted and partitioned, then it should show the drive with a new letter on the same place you will see your "C" drive.\n\nIf it does not show up then you will have to initialise the disk and format the disk for you to begin using it.\n\nAssuming everything is fine, simply drag and drop files into the new drive.  It maybe sensible to create folder and organise your data.\n\nSimply, right click on one of the files/mp3 etc and choose Open or to be more specific choose Open with and select the appropriate program.\n\nAlso before powering down your external hard drive or your computer, remember to disconnect the external drive safely on Windows.  On the System Tray, where your time shows on the bottom right hand corner.  There is an icon if you hover the mouse over it says "Remove Safely" or "Remove Hardware Safely".  Click on this and it will display the devices that are currntly connected.  Click on the entry related to the external hard drive.  If you do not do this, the hard drive can get corrupted.\n\nI lost about 40Gb worth of data by not doing this in a moment of madness.\n\nHope this is helpful.
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USB External hard drives are very affordable and have the advantage of being portable. Another alternative is copying your data to a DVD(s). Then store them offsite in case of a fire or other disaster.
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Here is the solution:\n\n1.Open My Computer.\n2.Right-click on the HDD and select properties.
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If they are seperate whole computers, (meaning your not just changing parts and keeping the hard drive) one way is to network the two computers together (connect both computers directly by plugging in the internet cable from one computer directly to the other.) and then on both computer go to start>programs>accessories>system tools>files and settings transfer wizard. then just follow the prompts and it should work if you do not have a firewall on either computer. if you have a firewall you will need to disable it temporarily.\n\nanother way that takes longer but is a little more simple is manually transfer the files by backing up all your programs onto a cd, or mass removable storage media like an external HD and then just transfer your files and programs from the old computer to the new one that way.
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if u are connected to the internet then try http://logmein.com u can transfer files for free in the trial period else go for usb flash drives...
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Yes.  Right click on "Start" and select "Explore".  That is the complete file system on your computer.  You can move files.  Make new folders and set them up any way you want.\n\nGood Luck
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try usin a ghost, copy the entire content of your original hard drive to your new one, i do this quite often, i back up my hard drive and just incase something bad happens i can just copy the entire thing from my back up drive
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Put the USB drive into the port on the computer\nYou will see a new device under "My Computer" with a letter.  Maybe E or F\nDrag the file there, or do a file/save there.
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Doesn't matter what kind of computer you have. Just buy a USB-drive (2 GB should be okay), and plug it in to a USB port. If it does not automatically open, go to "My computer" and look for the drive, click it, then select all of your music files, and drag them into it. Then wait for them to transfer, and delete them off your computer. Or you can buy an external hard drive (like I did) and do that. That was you have more storage.
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This is quite easy.  We'll configure your existing hard drive to be a master drive and your new one to be a slave drive.  Here's how:\n\n0. Print out this guide and any other reference material you have.\n\n1. Turn off your computer.\n\n2. Pull all of the cables out of the back, including the power chord.\n\n3. Get a screwdriver and open the case.\n\n4. Have a look around inside and look for a flat (thin) but wide grey cable going from your motherboard (the big circuit board at the bottom of your case where everything plugs in to) to your existing hard drive.\n\n5. Make sure there is a spare plug on the cable.  One of the plugs will be going into your existing hard drive.  Also make sure that there is space in the metal rack where the hard drives go, and that there are screw holes in the rack.\n\n6. Unscrew the hard drive and unplug the IDE cable (the flat grey cable) and the power cable, and remove your existing hard drive.  \n\n7. At the same end where the cable went in there will be a series of pins.  These are called 'jumper' pins and they're used to determine whether or not the device is master or slave.  Two of the pins should be covered with a thin bit of plastic that joins them together - this is called a jumper.  (see the URL in the sources section below).\n\n8. Look on the case of the hard drive for a picture of which pins to cover to make the hard drive a 'master' drive.  Remove the jumper and put it back on the appropriate pins.  Use a pair of tweazers if it helps.\n\n9. Look at your new hard drive and configure it as slave (using the jumper pins, just like in step 8).\n\n\n10. Place both hard drives back into the computer in the metal racks, and remember which is which (maybe use some sticky tape temporarily to mark one of them).  Screw them both into the racks.\n\n11. Attach the master hard drive, your old hard drive, to the very end of the IDE cable (the flat grey cable).\n\n12. Attach the new hard drive to the middle plug in the cable. (see the URL in the sources section).\n\n13. Attach power cables to both hard drives.\n\n14. Put your computer case back on, but don't screw it in yet.\n\n15. Plug in your power, monitor and keyboard and turn the computer on.  Hold down the 'delete' key on your keyboard immediately.  This will take you to your computer 'bios' screen.\n\n16. Select the first option in the menu.  This should list the hard drives that have been detected.  If both hard drives are in the list then you're done.  Screw the case on properly.  If not, double check the jumper settings, the IDE cable and the power cable.  If you can't get it to work, DONT PANIC! Just take your computer to your local computer store and ask for help.
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You can Use a Flash Disk....or get another PC or laptop from your friends or relatives...connect your PC with it<using a USB cable> and establish a network between the 2 PCs...and send the files to the laptop...then Format your PC..and send the files back again to your PC....you can also buy a DVD burner...i recommend you do that...cause you can store large amount of data on the DVD<minimum 1 GB>....so you'll transfer you're files very fast....i think you should pick the cheapest way...a flash memory...good luck :)
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transfer via a network cable or cd's or flash drives or PC-PC via usb or hard disk transfer
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Clean out some files from your hard drive.\n\nFirst thing, go to START -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup.\n\nRun that.  When the box comes up, check everyting listed and run it.  That will delete all the garbage files.\n\nOnce that's done, Find any data files you can move like video files, MP3 files, etc and MOVE them to the external hard drive.
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There are different types of hard drives, but usually the new ones come with an external enclosure with either a USB port or a Firewire (IEEE1394) port.  If you have a computer with either of these ports you are good to go.  Since I have a USB drive, I can provide you these steps:\n\nAssuming that you have switched on your computer, connect the hard drive to the power supply (some drives can directly take power from the USB cable and hence don't need to be connected to the power supply).  So verify first whether your drive needs a power supply.\n\nSecondly, connect the drive via a USB cable to the USB port of your computer.\n\nIf you have Windows XP, it will automatically recognize the drive as a USB device (so you don't have to install special drivers, if you are using Windows 98, you might have to install USB drivers that come with the external drive before connecting it to your PC).\n\nThats it, you are all set.  You can access the drive using Windows Explorer or My Computer and save files to it just like your computer's internal hard drive.