Transfer H.Drive to new PC

[marksjones]

Hi Guys Maybe you can help me.

I just bought a Dell Dimension which has a Raid 0 setup. I have my Old IDE Maxtor hard drive still and just want to connect this drive to the new PC so that I can transfer my old files over.

I tried to just connect the IDE cables which go to my DVD writer and also the DVD player to my old hardrive expecting the drive to be available when I explored with win explorer. Yep you guessed it I could not see my Hardrive.

Any ideas how I can do this? Current setup:
p4 2.8 800mhz
240GB RAID 0 setup (2* 120GB WD caviar)
1DVD Writer
1DVD player

If you have any ideas that would be great.
Many thanks in advance.
Mark....

 

[Sniper]

it could have something to do with the Raid 0 setup but I'm not too sure. From reading you post you have tried the following? taken the DVD and CD-Rom drives out and connected the old hard drive and restarted the computer? correct?

 

[Big B]

First, make sure that you've got the jumpers for the drive setup correctly. 2nd, check Disk Management (Control Panel--->Administrative Tools--->Computer Management--->Disk Management). Sometimes you have to manually assign a drive letter or change it if XP gives it the same letter as another drive already on the system.