Thanks, Lew. I have a pretty souped up Apple Mac Pro and it's reaching the end of it's HD life, I fear. The nearest Apple hospital is some distance so I will start using a back up and get to this when I can.
Anne
On Apr 22, 2012, at 11:36 AM, pcfranke wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 07:40 -0400, Anne Pearse Hocker wrote:
>
> > ....my computer hard drive has decided to go south.
> > I"m trying to transfer files to Dropbox and my backup old laptop,
> > but it will fail....
>
> Anne, you might want to try this easy "trick":
>
> (1) Remove the offending hard drive from the old computer. (Normally a
> very easy task - HD's usually are easily accessible under an access
> plate, usually on the underside)
>
> (2) *Carefully* (= no static elec, please) take it to your nearest
> computer supplier (Radio Shack, etc) and purchase a USB enclosure to
> fit.
>
> (3) You now have an "external HD". Plug it into any handy USB port.
>
> A side benefit is that if you keep the HD, no one else can access your
> old files.
>
> Peace,
> - Lew
>
>
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