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I have a new laptop and I put the old hard drive into a case NexStar SX. I can access everything but I cannot save what I write in any of the documents. When I want to save or close the new info is deleted.
I cannot run any of the programs either,
Is this normal? Am I missing something? I suspect I am not useing a program or something like that which makes it all compatible. The new laptop and the old hard drive are both Toshiba Satellites different models.
Old A135-S4696 New L305-S5945 In case that matters. I also got the new one with all, or most of the bloat removed.
Running the programs on the drive won't work in most cases if you didn't install the program from your laptop. As for the read only nature of it that sounds like a setting issue. Does it say it is only read only when it connects to the drive? Do you get an error when you save it? Do you unplug it without unmounting the drive first (safely remove hardware)?
The documents were probably saved in different Office programs. You may have to up-convert the documents to your current Office suite. You may need to place a jumper on the old hard drive as it may be set to cable select and needs to be set to master inside of the external enclosure(if it is SATA never mind). Also make sure you are re-saving the documents outside of My Documents.
What OS was on the old drive? Where are the documents stored on the old drive? It's likely a permissions issue with the folder the files are in. Copy them over to the laptop drive, may solve the issue. You will not be able to run most if not all of the applications on the old drive.
I have a new laptop and I put the old hard drive into a case NexStar SX. I can access everything but I cannot save what I write in any of the documents. When I want to save or close the new info is deleted.
I cannot run any of the programs either,
Is this normal? Am I missing something? I suspect I am not useing a program or something like that which makes it all compatible. The new laptop and the old hard drive are both Toshiba Satellites different models.
Old A135-S4696 New L305-S5945 In case that matters. I also got the new one with all, or most of the bloat removed.
Looks like a neat product. If I buy a new laptop, I might have to buy one.
I think what others have posted is right..
It sounds like you are trying to use programs on the old drive; say Microsoft Office, but it won't work because it is not installed on your new laptop.
I don't understand why you can't save things.. Did you ever have a password on the old laptop? If so, that would explain it.
..... You may need to place a jumper on the old hard drive as it may be set to cable select and needs to be set to master inside of the external enclosure(if it is SATA never mind). ..... Also make sure you are re-saving the documents outside of My Documents.
I've assembled quite a few external hard drives into enclosures. The ones that had instructions specifically for PATA drives have said to set the jumper to CS (cable select).
Why would My Documents not be the best place to store Documents?
The docs are all Word. It is on the new computer.
The error message does say it is read only. I go to E/Users/Documents and try to change this, selecting for all files and sub folders but it doesn't take. How do I change that?
As far as unmounting I have to turn off the power switch as the Safely Turn Off function thinks the programs are in use when all are closed.
The docs are all Word. It is on the new computer.
The error message does say it is read only. I go to E/Users/Documents and try to change this, selecting for all files and sub folders but it doesn't take. How do I change that?
As far as unmounting I have to turn off the power switch as the Safely Turn Off function thinks the programs are in use when all are closed.
Shouldn't matter.
I'm running a dual boot - Vista & XP.
I have a bunch of hard drives - 1 500gig and 2 1TB
The 500 gig drive ran "My Documents" - it ended up going out, put it in an enclosure and it's fine.
I used Maxtor Maxblast and copied every file from the 500 to the 1TB.
"My Documents" automatically started running from the 1TB.
If I work on something, I have no problems working on or changing anything on any of the drives. I'm still working from the 500 gig.
Have you tried copying the Word documents over to the new laptop or are you not able to do that either?
I can copy paste them but it sort of makes the whole thing useless.
I did have a password but it doesn't prompt for it.
The password is probably your problem.
You should copy any files you need, either onto the new laptop or a thumb drive, then you need to take possession of the external drive.
I'm pretty sure someone posted how above.
I suggest backing up in case something happens while taking possession of the drive.
Someone else may have another suggestion...
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