I need to transfer files from my old Windows 98 desktop to Windows 7. Is this the type of enclosure I need?
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This box only works with the SATA hard drive. If what you have is the older IDE type hard drive it will not work. Amazon sell a transfer kit combo that will let you connect and type of hard drive to make your transfers. I ended up getting one of these because of it's versatility. I just plug the external drive into the proper plug and then into the USB and it is ready for transfer. hope this helps.
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My computer uses Windows 98 and this enclosure worked with my drive fine. Now I only use this to store music, so I don't have any experience with it and Windows 7.
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It is as long as your hard drive you are enclosing is a 3.5" and SATA. Older PCs hard drives are different.
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The win98 box will likely not have USB 3.0 and will be slow in transferring, but it should work quite OK
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Are you taking the old Win 98 hard drive and placing it in the enclosure then transferring the files? You might have some issues doing that since the HD is not formatted for that. It all comes down to the pc accepting the drive once plugged in. you may want to try using just a flash drive, you can some nice high capacity ones and transfer your needed data.
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Yes. Just make sure the old drive is SATA. Remember to format it to windows file system NTSF if using windows.
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I have used this USB enclosure with a 500gb SATA II drive with Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and with Windows 10 Technical Preview (ver 10041) and it is plug and play on all of those operating systems. I have transferred 500gb on backups from all of those operating systems and it is strictly plug and play. I have also run the disk partitioning and formatting utilities of Windows 10 on this USB hard drive also with no problems.So the latest Windows operating systems are not a problem for this USB enclosure. Maybe you have a bad drive or a problem with your systems USB ports or drivers.
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Hi, I suggest buying a caddy to put your drives in, I assume SATA, and then you can transfer them without issue to the RAID. You can usually buy USB Caddy or enclosures for less than $20. Hope this helps.BR,Dave
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Yes you can, thats pretty much what we used it for and also to transfer all the old data from the old hard drive to a newer one.
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No, but you can use windows easy transfer application to backup and restore your data from old hard drive to new one.Hope that answers your question.
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This is essentially just a hard drive enclosure. Also, being that this is a Thunderbolt box, you will need to use an operating system that will acknowledge the thunderbolt ports. Are you planning on using one of the drives as a boot drive for another computer?
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Buy the enclosure, install your hard drive in it, plug it into a usb port of a working computer. Drive will show as an external drive. (like a flash drive). Open the drive and transfer the data from it to the working computer.
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Can a Belkin transfer cable for transferring from Windows XP to Windows Vista be used to transfer from the Windows Vista computer to a Windows 7 laptop?
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You need a USB slot to do a copy of your operating system. If not, take the hard drive out and use a desktop to transfer the data from the old lap top to the new.
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" Yes " It is quite versatile,I used my old hard drive as storage and as backup of my Windows 7, for an easy way to restore my system to original factory condition.
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The drive should be compatible with your laptop. Hopefully, your existing drive isn't totally gone and you have the means to transfer your existing info to the new drive.
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It has an IDE connector. I would measure your old hard drive to make sure it will fit in this enclosure.
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If your drive has an mSATA, then it's OK. You can also get a SATA to USB adapter to get the data out.
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I would say no, becaues a machine old enough to have Win95 will have IDE connections and not the SATA required by the drive. A more detail explanation of the difference is explained here http://www.diffen.com/difference/IDE_vs_SATA
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I believe so. I got a Windows 7 program disk from MS in case I need to reload it. You should probably call the vendor on this to be sure.
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No other enclosure is needed. The most important thing is to pay attention to how your current hard drive is mounted, some are just mounted with 4 screws, some fit into a sliding encasement that you'll already have inside your computer holding the existing drive you're replacing.