Operating System question.

Mr.Mccoy · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:06

Hey there everyone,
I am just wondering - I have 2 HDD's one is SATA and the other is IDE.
The IDE one has Windows XP on and the SATA one has Windows 7, I need to get some files off of the ide hdd but the computer its in is dead so can i plug it into a different computer and get the files off or will the OS's conflict and cause problems?

Sorry if I haven't explained it well, but thanks for any help in advance.

GTO656 · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:11

If you have another PC that accepts IDE connection then thats not a problem.

Levirginien · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:14

provided the drive is healthy, I don't think there would be any issue

Mr.Mccoy · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:15

How would I boot onto windows 7 and then copy the files over, also will i get the viruses that are on the ide hdd if there are any?

Levirginien · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:24

find a different PC with a ide connector, plug in your drive as a slave, run an antivirus & antimalaware to clean it from any unwanted bug, save your content on a portable media (dvd, external HDD) and copy back to your windows 7 system...

j.col · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:27

in bios, just make sure your sata hard drive (win 7) is the first to boot.
then after it starts up, just go to computer, open the drive and copy the files.
i would do a virus scan on these files as asap.

also i would presume that, as you are not loading xp with the infected system files, you should be safe, (but i may be wrong)

Mr.Mccoy · 2 Dec 2011 at 21:31

j.col said:
in bios, just make sure your sata hard drive (win 7) is the first to boot.
then after it starts up, just go to computer, open the drive and copy the files.
i would do a virus scan on these files as asap.

also i would presume that, as you are not loading xp with the infected system files, you should be safe, (but i may be wrong)

The files arent infected, just saying.

j.col · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:25

Mr.Mccoy said:
The files arent infected, just saying.

you will be fine then, but i would still do an malwarebytes scan or antivirus scan on them, just to be sure

Mr.Mccoy · 3 Dec 2011 at 18:38

j.col said:
you will be fine then, but i would still do an malwarebytes scan or antivirus scan on them, just to be sure

Ok, thanks for the help.