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What to do with old PC?

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  • thefirs
    thefirs Posts: 705 Forumite
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    Sooler wrote:
    take the hard disk out and put in an external usb caddy, use it as a back up storage drive on your new pc
    Can you direct us to a fools' guide to setting these up? There's things like jumpers to add/remove on HDDs, and boot sectors already present. Would you recommend a caddy with a fan or is that superfluous? I see a basic caddy can be acquired on eBay for around a tenner including P&P, or maybe £20 at Dabs/eBuyer. Any recommendations?
  • I believe that Nero Backitup does this!!
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