New PC, now my head hurts. - Page 2

Paul K · 18-08-2005, 18:34

Is there any way you can get the old and new PCs networked? Would solve a few problems you are suffering with the faves list. I'd try the export as a files, attach to email route too just in case if possible.

iadom · 18-08-2005, 18:45

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Originally Posted by Paul

Is there any way you can get the old and new PCs networked? Would solve a few problems you are suffering with the faves list. I'd try the export as a files, attach to email route too just in case if possible.

One of motto's is, "if at first you don't succeed, try something else"

Opened IE, Favorites and created a new folder, copied and pasted the old faves files in and bingo, now I only need to get my Outlook Express address book imported and I will be one happy bunny. I saved that as a csv file but it has changed itself into an Excel file and the new OE is not playing ball. Ah the joys of a new PC ( not)

I am going to put my old hard drive into the new PC, just need a power cable extension. As the new PC has a SATA drive and the old hard drive is an IDE device, am I correct in thinking that I can just plug the IDE cable into a spare slot on the new MB, and that Windows will just recognise it as another drive without me having to set it as a slave.??

iadom · 19-08-2005, 16:31

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Originally Posted by iadom

I am going to put my old hard drive into the new PC, just need a power cable extension. As the new PC has a SATA drive and the old hard drive is an IDE device, am I correct in thinking that I can just plug the IDE cable into a spare slot on the new MB, and that Windows will just recognise it as another drive without me having to set it as a slave.??

I'll take that as a yes then,

Paul K · 19-08-2005, 16:35

If the cable is not already populated you should be fine, if there is anything on there then make sure you have your jumpers set right for the drive. Other than that it should be ok as long as you tell the bios to not boot from it lol

iadom · 19-08-2005, 17:14

It has its own cable to one IDE socket, the DVD drive is plugged into the other IDE socket via its own cable.

Paul K · 19-08-2005, 17:16

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Originally Posted by iadom

It has its own cable to one IDE socket, the DVD drive is plugged into the other Ide socket via its own cable.

Shouldn't be an issue then, jumper it as master since it's on it's own cable, check in bios to see if it's being picked up and if it is boot into windows and look in My computer or in Admin tools, computer management.

iadom · 19-08-2005, 19:50

Will do, thanks Paul and everyone else. New PC on Wednesday, new car yesterday... my brain is addled at the moment.

patrickp · 19-08-2005, 19:50

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Originally Posted by iadom

One of motto's is, "if at first you don't succeed, try something else"

Opened IE, Favorites and created a new folder, copied and pasted the old faves files in and bingo, now I only need to get my Outlook Express address book imported and I will be one happy bunny. I saved that as a csv file but it has changed itself into an Excel file and the new OE is not playing ball. Ah the joys of a new PC ( not)

I am going to put my old hard drive into the new PC, just need a power cable extension. As the new PC has a SATA drive and the old hard drive is an IDE device, am I correct in thinking that I can just plug the IDE cable into a spare slot on the new MB, and that Windows will just recognise it as another drive without me having to set it as a slave.??

I seem to recall having done the same thing with Win98 reinstalls a couple of years back, iadom, and finally discovered the reason was that IE wouldn't import a read-only file - which, of course, a file on a CD always is, and is still if you copy it to a hard drive. Just untick Read Only in file properties and that'll do it - IIRC.

If you have Excel installed, it will set .csv as one of its file associations, but this shouldn't prevent your address book importing it. That's one of the things I never liked about OE, that you can't export in the .ldif format, although you can import.

If you set cable select on any modern IDE drive and use it with an 80 wire cable (you can't get better than ATA33 with a 40 wire one), then you plug the blue plug into your mobo, and the cable will determine master and slave - the drive on the grey plug will be slave and that on the black plug will be master. This is the preferred method with 80 wire cables - YMMV.

HTH Patrick

iadom · 20-08-2005, 20:37

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Originally Posted by patrickp

I seem to recall having done the same thing with Win98 reinstalls a couple of years back, iadom, and finally discovered the reason was that IE wouldn't import a read-only file - which, of course, a file on a CD always is, and is still if you copy it to a hard drive. Just untick Read Only in file properties and that'll do it - IIRC.

If you have Excel installed, it will set .csv as one of its file associations, but this shouldn't prevent your address book importing it. That's one of the things I never liked about OE, that you can't export in the .ldif format, although you can import.

If you set cable select on any modern IDE drive and use it with an 80 wire cable (you can't get better than ATA33 with a 40 wire one), then you plug the blue plug into your mobo, and the cable will determine master and slave - the drive on the grey plug will be slave and that on the black plug will be master. This is the preferred method with 80 wire cables - YMMV.

HTH Patrick

Some good stuff there, thanks.

iadom · 22-08-2005, 17:15

Virtually all shipshape and Bristol fashion now.

One little thing is puzzling me.
My original mouse is a wireless Microsoft Optical Mouse 2.0 which worked perfectly well.
The new PC came with a bog standard Microsoft wireless mouse & keyboard, they are as much use as a chocolate teapot, no matter what I tried the mouse was patchy and the keyboard completely unusable.
I have installed my MS Optical Mouse 2.0 and my old plug in keyboard and they work fine.
However when I power down the PC the keyboard 'Num Lock' light stays on all the time ?
Is this a feature of some motherboards and is it just there as an indication the PC is still connected to the mains.

Paul K · 22-08-2005, 17:19

Might just be the different motherboard in the new pc still sending power to the keyboard. My mouse stays lit all the time when the PC is shutdown. Only goes off when I kill the power to the mobo.

iadom · 23-08-2005, 20:44

Another minor glitch.

PC has a Sony 16x Dual Layer +/- DVD Burner.
I can play music CD's have used Nero to burn downloaded music but if I try pre recorded DVD's I get the video but no sound. ?
Any suggestions.

Scrubbs · 23-08-2005, 21:08

What are you using to watch dvd's?

nffc · 23-08-2005, 21:15

Crossover them and use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

23-08-2005, 21:43

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Originally Posted by iadom

Another minor glitch.

PC has a Sony 16x Dual Layer +/- DVD Burner.
I can play music CD's have used Nero to burn downloaded music but if I try pre recorded DVD's I get the video but no sound. ?
Any suggestions.

possible you have the sound output set to dolby 5.1 in the player, but don't have have your speakers/ soundcard setup, Iadom ?

<edit> try setting the player to use stereo sound - PowerDVD will not play 5.1 through my soundcard, for example, even though I have a 5.1 speaker set plugged in....(but an external DVD player works fine through the same speakers)