If I was to buy a new desktop PC, how likely is it to be able to accept the SATA hard drives I have in my super-old one?
@VolleyB Dell XPS 420 ordered in 2008.
@rpardee should be fine. If you don't want to upgrade to SSD, maybe consider an upgrade to a 7200rpm drive if don't have one and need something a bit snappier. But component wise should be okay. None of that IDE/SCSI nonsense from back in the day when we were baby nerds.
@VolleyB Oh cool--thanks! I was hoping the bus interface thingamabob stuff had calmed down in the last 15 years or so. ;-)
I expect the new PC will come w/an SSD--it's my big disk of family photos & other media that I'd like to bring over.
@rpardee should be able to slide it into what ever slots in your new machine and connect it to a free SATA connection and power. Might need to save a SATA cable and HD mounting hardware from your old pc but that's really it.
@rpardee Depends... If any of them contain an operating system it will probably cause problems. I would just transfer important files/pictures/etc via USB thumb drive from the old to the new.
@Dane Thanks! I've got 2 drives, the main one of which does not have an os on it.
I can likely mine stuff off the os drive onto the other, and then wipe the os drive.
@rpardee define super old?