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Dad just called and said that their computer died. From his description it was physical damage. From his description of the location it sounds like the hard drive should be good. Sounds like either damage to the motherboard or PSU. If it's the PSU we're good, but it was probably the motherboard. I won't have a chance to go check it out until tomorrow, but I'm betting on needing a new computer.
With two computers one could do easy transfer or something of the sort to get the new computer up and running with the old info. Is there a way to do something like this with a new computer and an old hard drive? I have hard drive docks and external cases to connect the drive to the computer externally, and plenty of cables to do so internally as well. So is their any free (or nearly free) software that will make doing the transfer easy, or will I have to do it the hard way and move everything manually?
FWIW the old computer was Windows 7 Home Edition. New one will be the same, unless they decide to just buy a new one from the store.
With two computers one could do easy transfer or something of the sort to get the new computer up and running with the old info. Is there a way to do something like this with a new computer and an old hard drive? I have hard drive docks and external cases to connect the drive to the computer externally, and plenty of cables to do so internally as well. So is their any free (or nearly free) software that will make doing the transfer easy, or will I have to do it the hard way and move everything manually?
FWIW the old computer was Windows 7 Home Edition. New one will be the same, unless they decide to just buy a new one from the store.