On 7 Nov 2006 at 18:26, Robert Citkowitz wrote:

> > I bought an IOMagic enclosure on sale at Staples for $20 and plugged a spare HD 
> > into it.  It connects via a USB connector.  Now it functions as an extra
> > drive. 
 
> 1. Is removing the HD from an old computer and installing it into the
> enclosure a no-brainer? 

  Practically.  On some enclosures, you might need to be careful about the 
master/slave jumper on the drive, but I suspect most will just ignore it 
since the enclosure only holds one drive.
 
> 2. Other than plugging it in (and hopefully its getting recognized) is
> there anything else to do to set up this configuration? 

  Unless you wind up with some pretty exotic hardware, all of the drivers 
you will need are included in XP.
 
> 3. In my case, the HD has Win 95 files I need to access on my XP - any
> problems with this? 

  No; XP can read Win 95 file systems just fine.  You might find that *some* 
Win 95 applications don't run well under XP, but that's a separate issue.

David Gillett

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