>Hello Thomas
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>You can get IDE/SATA converters for just a couple of bucks, either direction, or get an external enclosure that supports what you have and pull the info through the USB port
>
>Bob

Bob;

Thank you. I like the concept of IDE to USB. That would make life simple! My time to resolve the many issues presented by Windows Vista is limited and I am going step by step. So again thank you for the ideas. They are most helpful.

Tom


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>>When I was setting up my new Vista computer and got to the "easy transfer", I could only laugh. You see the mother board of my XP machine went south and cannot be replaced as it is three years old and not available. My XP machine cannot boot.
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>>So, I have three hard drives with data I need and am still looking into if the new machine will allow IDE drives to run or just SATA types. My data is backed up on the falsh drives. I have the data but I cannot use it. Such fun! :)
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>>>Vista comes with an app named 'easy transfer'. You need to download it for other windows versions. I am beginning to think that 'easy transfer' is a misnomer.
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>>>>I am hoping to be able to use my flash drive from my XP computer. Vista will not allow it to be used. Who needs backup? :)
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>>>>>>>>>>>Well, I took my income tax refund to the computer guy today and came home with an Athlon 4200 dual core box today. It runs great. It also came with Vista home premium edition. After five hours, I find myself wanting my XP pro back. Maybe a few more days of tire kicking will change my mind. I'll let you know.
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>>>>>>>>>>>Oh yeah. My web cam is no longer compatible.
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>>>>>>>>>>Grady
>>>>>>>>>>As one of my best friends at the overclocking forums said :
>>>>>>>>>>"all my Vista troubles got fixed with a harddrive reformat..."
>>>>>>>>>>As for me, i am waiting to find the time to move my Internet Mail messages from Vista back to the older Outlook Express in order to reformat my main computer...
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>>>>>>>>>>Jaime
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>>>>>>>>>I installed Office 2000 this morning - everytime I run Outlook it asks me if I want to make it my default mail app and I reply yes. I get my mail. I try to open my email then Outlook crashes. I install O2k SP1 and get the same result. I use detect and repair and it tries to install O2k SP1 again. Round and round it goes. Does anyone on the UT have a fix or work around for this merrygoround?
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>>>>>>>>Just guessing that Vista may require Office 2007 <g>
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>>>>>>>Well, we the retired folks of the world cannot afford that. I have excell 2000 working okay and word works fine so most of O2k seems to be working. I am really getting tired of vista's over protective security measures. I'm going to try the administrator approach and see what happens.
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>>>>>>So far I have been successful when doing anything with Vista if I have given myself Admin rights. What a trip this is! :)
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>>>>>I have progressed a bit with Outlook and can read the text and look at attached files of all kinds. I cannot reply because it's trying to find the address book WAB.DLL - I can't find it either. Very strange. It's not on the install CD nor is it on my HD.