Doh Stupid computer

[Cableguy]

LOL throwing in the towel are we...

[TrailLeadr]

OK, I see now. The NIC and modem are a combo card. 1 card 2 functions.

Well to do what he's suggesting would require you to buy a PCI IDE expansion card. This would allow you to interface your old drive with the new computer.

Since you have a fry's in your area I checked I almost immediately found a flash drive for $40.
It's 16gb. http://www.frys.com/product/5837883?sit ... IN_RSLT_PG
So you should be able to just copy everything you wanted to keep onto the flash drive all at once. You could also probably get one for less and I'm guessing even a 4gb would work nicely for your situation.

Now then the third option is to download and burn an ISO for ubuntu v9.10 with the new computer. Which is a windows like environment that runs exclusively from the CD. The benefit of this is that you get a windows like environment that doesn't access any possibly corrupt windows files, or registry entries that might inhibit using the NIC/Modem card. I'm not questioning his evaluation, but it's always an option, and if you already have blank CD's it's a nearly free option, besides your personal time.

A fourth option is this: The performance 1000 came with an option of 2 different CD ROM drives. one was a NEC 12X/40X DVD-ROM Drive The other was a Philips 8X/4X/32X CD-R/RW R2.
If you have the philips drive then you should be able to just copy your files to CD, and move them over. I'm guessing you probably don't. But then maybe this is an oversight.

[tbplus10]

It's go the Phillips drive but it hasnt worked right for a few years (Black cloud strikes again). I'm gonna try the flash drive cause I can use it later.

[TrailLeadr]

Well, I wish you best of luck. hopefully the USB ports haven't been fried in the mayhem.
*crossing fingers*

[tbplus10]

Got a 1T Simple Tech drive made by Fabric, pulled all the info I could from the old computer and transfered what I wanted to the new computer.
I still lost some pictures and songs, not sure why.
I'm gonna remove the hard drive and give it to a friend of mine that has lots of experience extracting files from damaged or encrypted hard drives, he's gonna get the pictures for me and put them on a 32G usb thumb drive.

[TrailLeadr]

Glad to hear you had minimal loss.
Plus you now have an excellent backup medium.

[tbplus10]

Yea something I shoula done a while back.

[tbplus10]

Now I've got issues with my new desktop, working with Gateway to resolve them.
My wife was on a movie site and must have got into something bad, system restore has no affect, many icons appear as a "blank page" and when prompted they ask what program I'd like to use to open them, when a program is selected it is unsuccessful at opening the program.
Life was easier before computers.

[Cableguy]

[tbplus10]

Whoops my monitor accidentally fell, let me kick that up, oh I meant pick that up my bad.