 Ask The Geek Season 2, Seventh Edition
 Kevin Martin | Tech Section Manager
Howdy, everyone! This week the Geek answers the only
question he received.
Q: For the first question, couldn't you just
as easily take the hard drive out of the old computer and put it in the new one
and set it to slave and then transfer the files that way?
A: To many users, opening the computer is
intimidating, and potentialy dangerous. If you feel qualified, you can always
do that. However, in the case of the person asking the question, I'm not about
to suggest that they open their computer case.
That's all for this week, folks. Please remember to keep your questions coming by e-mailing whim@radford.edu.
Name: Kevin
Major: Life
Comments:
Or you can be patient while the data transfers more slowly. Invariably, in a correctly configured machine, the factory HD and CD-Rom are the masters of their channels. You still have to set the 2nd HD to slave.
Name: Brian Nash
Year: ITEC
Comments:
If you're transfering files from one drive to another, it's always best to have each drive on a seperate IDE channel. Two HD need more bandwidth than a ata 66 or 100 ide port has.
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