I want to transfer data from hard drive of windows XP which is IDE onto new computer which is windows 8. Will this device work?
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I used it to do the exact same thing and I had no problem with it. I have used it to do several data transfers with different computers and laptops and never had a problem. Actually I did have a problem this one time but it was a problem with the hard drive itself.
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Yes. What the StarTech USB 2 does is act as an interface allowing your hard drive to be recognized as an additional drive on Windows 8 Windows Explorer. If you read my post dated August 6, 2013, you will get an idea what needs to be done to have Windows 8 recognize your IDE drive. Once your drive is recognized in Windows Explorer, you just need to drag all your files from your old drive to a folder you set up in C: drive on your Windows 8 PC. You might want to create a folder on your C: drive and call it "My old drive data" or something like that. Then when you pull all your data off the old drive into this newly created folder, all data will be localized (including sub-folders) in that folder instead of all over your C: drive.StarTech supplies all the software so Windows 8 recognizes your drive. Just read the Startech instructions and you shouldn't have any problems. Any programs you were running on the old drive will have to be remounted so your current Registry recognizes the new software programs. Any data files ( .doc, .txt, spreadsheets, images, movies, etc.) can be used immediately without getting involved with the registry. Contact me if you have any problems.
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Yes, it should. It will read it as a slave drive, so the operating system does not matter. It has both IDE and Sata cables. I used it on an IDE hard drive and had no problems.
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Yes, this product will work just fine. You may still need to reinstall programs however.
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Yes, you should be able to transfer whatever data you have from any OS to any OS. This device has proven to be very reliable and I have used it on multiple OSs and many different types of hardware. I actually ordered two of these so I could keep one on my bench and one in my bag for onsite work. Very happy with the product.
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Yes, as long as your hard drive works. It will work just like an external hard drive on the new computer.
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I haven't hooked this up to my XP but I have confidence that I won't find any problem - since this operates basically in a DOS mode which is the framework for all Windows Platforms. I think the intel chip sets are built to this support level so I would be willing to try this. As I first reported I had no problems using this device on a WIN 8 laptop - it worked great to download my old DOS platform programs.
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This device should work to connect your hard drive to another computer o retrieve our data
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Yes. As long as your system has a PCI port it will work fine with all versions of XP.
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There are basically two types of drives SATA (newer) and IDE (older). Confirm yours is SATA and this should plug directly into your new computer. You can then remove the files to your new computer. You may have to play with your new computer to get it to recognize the drive depending on the software on your new computer. If the old HD is an IDE you will probably have to buy and IDE to SATA adaptor in order to use this. Please give me a helpful vote on Amazon.
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This particular drive is an EARS drive meaning that it is an advanced format drive which won't run by default in XP. Western Digital has set up a page to help users get it working in XP however I'm not an XP user so I'm not sure how straight-forward the steps are. You might be more interested in a EADS drive which should work fine out of the box for you. Unfortunately the 1.5 TB EADS drive costs 99 while this 2.0 TB EARS drive costs 89.
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It should, but the advantage of this drive is that it has USB 3.0. That means that if your computer has USB 3.0, you can move files on and off of it very fast. A computer that still runs Windows XP almost certainly does not have USB 3.0 ports, so you're better off getting an older USB 2.0 16GB drive for less money.
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I see no reason why not. just pop the new drive in the old ones place, they hook up the same way. However be warned, all of your data will be lost in this process. You should have a windows sticker somewhere on your computer case that has your product key, all you need to do is find a copy of the windows version that you have, install it and put in that product key. To find the drivers that you need just go to dells website and download them from there. If you ever get stuck during the process, google is your best friend.
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Sounds to me like you are trying to transfer from XP or Vista to 8.1, because this is what the 8.1 machine will ask in that situation. If this is the case and you save your files to an external drive and then try, it will tell you that 8.1 can't accept data from an XP or Vista environment. Windows 8 was the last version in which you could transfer from XP or Vista using Windows Easy Transfer. Microsoft is trying to force you into using their cloud service, Sky Drive. If you upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 the solution is simple - restore the computer to factory settings (which will probably be Windows 8) and then the transfer will work. Only upgrade to 8.1 AFTER you transfer your data. Sounds to me like you are trying to transfer from XP or Vista to 8.1, because this is what the 8.1 machine will ask in that situation. If this is the case and you save your files to an external drive and then try, it will tell you that 8.1 can't accept data from an XP or Vista environment. Windows 8 was the last version in which you could transfer from XP or Vista using Windows Easy Transfer. Microsoft is trying to force you into using their cloud service, Sky Drive. If you upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 the solution is simple - restore the computer to factory settings (which will probably... » Read More Sounds to me like you are trying to transfer from XP or Vista to 8.1, because this is what the 8.1 machine will ask in that situation. If this is the case and you save your files to an external drive and then try, it will tell you that 8.1 can't accept data from an XP or Vista environment. Windows 8 was the last version in which you could transfer from XP or Vista using Windows Easy Transfer. Microsoft is trying to force you into using their cloud service, Sky Drive. If you upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 the solution is simple - restore the computer to factory settings (which will probably be Windows 8) and then the transfer will work. Only upgrade to 8.1 AFTER you transfer your data. « Show Less
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I have a windows easy transfer cable. They sell one that works with XP SP3 to any version of Vista or Windows 7. They also sell one that transfers files from any version of Vista to Windows 7.
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Yes. My son's desktop is Windows 7 and his new laptop is Windows 7 as well. He had no problem transferring data except he had to take sure neither system went into hibernation because on the first try it did and he had to start the transfer over.
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Sure! It's great. Just remember to disconnect with the Safely Remove Hardware feature for XP and prior O/S's. If you have a lot to transfer, you need to make sure your Host PC doesn't time out. You can set to "never" in the Control Panel. I hope that helps.
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I had no luck getting it to work in Windows 8.0 and most USB 3.0 devices will still work - in a technical sense - with Windows XP because they're backward-compatible. However, they will fall back to USB 2.0 compatibility and transfer data at about one-tenth of the potential speed of USB 3.0.
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I have an older laptop (about 8 yers old) with Windows XP. No problems at all.
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Rob~ That is exactly the situation I had. I wanted to transfer files from my 2010 XP computer to my 2013 Win7 computer. It worked flawlessly.
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NO. What happens is you put your new XP machine in there and re-run the WET wizard only to see that there is no "Continue an existing transfer" option the wizard. Better stick with File and Settings Transfer or USMT or do it manually.