I would first like to say long time no see/talk! I'm sorry to hear you're having computer issues at this time.

If your computer is a Desktop computer, all you have to do (or someone else who knows what they're doing has to do) is:

Note: Before doing anything inside a computer, always disconnect the black Power Cord in the back of your computer going to your Power Supply. It is also recommended (though many don't follow this rule, even in the IT industry) that you use an Anti-Static Wrist Band www.google.com/search?q=Anti-s… to prevent ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) that sometimes comes from our hands. All you do is hook the gator clip to an unpainted metal portion of your Desktop computer's tower. ESD is BAD news, and its effect on physical hardware inside a computer incurs a slow death to physical hardware affected by ESD.

1. Remove the old Hard Drive and the old SATA Data cable from your old computer that has your data stored on it

2. Install the old Hard Drive from your old computer into your new computer

3. Connect the old SATA Data cable to the Motherboard of your new computer (first), and then connect the other end of the old SATA Data cable to your old Hard Drive.

4. Connect the SATA Power Cable/Connector (that comes with your new computer's Power Supply) to your old Hard Drive

5. That's it!

After you have done that, you should now have two Hard Drives. One Hard Drive has your Operating System on it, and the other Hard Drive has your data stored on it that acts as storage. This makes it so you can easily transfer files from your Operating System Hard Drive TO the Hard Drive with your data stored on it.

If you know how to access this windows in Windows 8 or Windows 7 www.google.com/search?q=Window… then you will see all your Hard Drives you can drag-and-drop files to from your Desktop to your other Hard Drives that act as storage devices.

With that being said, I would suggest you invest in one of these on-the-go USB Thumb Drives: www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-… And if 16 Gigabytes of space is not enough for you, there are options within that link on Amazon to get one that is 32 GB, or better, 64 GB. With a 4.5-Star rating and over 5,000 reviews, you really can't go wrong with that USB Thumb Drive (unless you have a bad habit of misplacing things, although they do have ones you can hook to your keys). This handy device makes it so you can access your data on the go. Not only that, if your Hard Drives give out, a USB Thumb Drive will save you all the trouble I'm guiding you to go through to get your old data back.

I'm not sure how much you know about computers, but all you have to do is plug that USB Thumb Drive into a USB Port located in the front or back of your Desktop or Laptop computer. It looks like this: www.google.com/search?q=Compti…

Here is what the SATA Data cable ports look like on the Motherboard (in this case, yellow [they come in different colors])

The Motherboard ports (in this case, yellow [they come in different colors]) for SATA Data cables look like this: www.google.com/search?q=Sata+D…

Here is what the SATA Data cable and SATA Power cable/connector looks like:

The SATA Data cable that would go to the Motherboard and your old Hard Drive looks like this: www.google.com/search?q=Sata+D…

The SATA Power connector(s) from your Power Supply that would go to your old Hard Drive looks like this: www.google.com/search?q=Compti… whereas these with these white Molex connectors are not in practical use today as much: www.google.com/search?q=Compti…

NOTE: If the Power Supply of your new computer does not have SATA Power cables/connectors to support more than one Hard Drive, I would invest in one of these: www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Po… which will allow you to link multiple Hard Drives together with your Operating System Hard Drive, whereas the additional Hard Drives will act as storage devices.

P.S. I will send this information to you in a note for you to have on record for future reference.



I hope this is helpful to you and anyone reading this.
VicariouSoul