Transferring Files from old HDD

Viral · 8 Apr 2008 at 21:15

I am building a new pc for a friend with Vista Home Premium. Their old pc was running XP and has many issues with trojans, pop ups and other nasties. They really need all their pictures and music files transferring from their old HDD to their new HDD in the new PC. Is there a safe way to do this without transferring all of the bad stuff too?

crazyDAJT · 8 Apr 2008 at 21:41

probably best bet is to do it manually, copy and past, then scan the haddrive

Viral · 8 Apr 2008 at 21:50

So just hook that HDD up to the new PC and scan the entire drive for viruses etc and then transfer the files?

RobH · 8 Apr 2008 at 22:08

Probably the best method, the drive won't be able to infect the host PC unless you run an infected executable or copy an infected file across, if it's just things like images and documents then a quick scan should do.

Viral · 8 Apr 2008 at 22:21

Thanks for the info guys.

Dark_Angel · 8 Apr 2008 at 22:31

Obviously though be sure to have a decent up to date anti virus

Be sure to scan everything then copy - its really the best way of doing it TBH.

Viral · 8 Apr 2008 at 22:32

I was planning on doing that with a nice up to ate anti virus, a full scan seems the only way to be sure.