Ok, had my old gaming computer crash about a month ago. Turns out its a motherboard that is FRIED. The HD is fine, it has XP on it, but more importantly, all of my digital pictures of my family and trips over the past 5 years.

But its ok.... I had a MirraServer personal backup.

Oh wait, last week it went pfffftttttttttt in an electrical storm.

Sooo....

I now have a ProMagix A51 Desktop with VISTA installed.

QUESTION:

Is it possible for me to scavenge the HD's from the previously mentioned and install them on my computer to get the pictures back?

I know that there are probably the following potential issues:

1. Power Supply
2. VISTA and XP
3. Owner being CLUELESS except to simply plug them in and turn the computer onJust install the drive in the new computer as a second drive. That's it. You may have to take ownership of the files on the XP drive (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421) to ACCESS them.Yes, that worked. I had to disconnect the CD ROM from the IDE slot and plug in the HD since the other HD's in the new system USE SATA connectors.

But was able to access as an administrator all of my files and copied over all that mattered.

Wife was estatic when she got home.

Thanks for your help.You're welcome - this was an easy one