My computer table GOT knocked over and screwed up the built-into-the-motherboard video card--now I have no video. So I used this as an excuse to buy a new computer. Now I want to get the files off the old computer. Is there a way to do taht without having video capabilty on the old machine?

Could I perhaps install the C; drive from the old computer and make it a slave drive in the new computer. The C drive has the XP on it and and new one has Vista.

THANKS for any help you can offer. there are important work files on the old machine that i really need. There is really no way of doing this with a video card. U probably could put the old HDD into the new pc and try setting it up for dual START up (meaning which OS boots up first).
There r few option buy an external HDD enclosure install the old HDD in the enclosure and COPY the files u want. This option only works for files not programs. The last resort is: try talking to a friend to barrow his pc. Remove his old Hdd install yours. U could trans form files this way. Let us know how it worked?You can recover your data. Its not that hard. Check this out.
http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/04/23/how-to-slave-hard-drive/midsail,
Since he only needs to recover data from the drive he doesn't neccessarily need for it to be able to boot into Windows...
Hook it up as a slave drive in the new machine and you can copy and burn whatever you need.
Tutorial HereQuote from: patio on November 24, 2008, 06:27:14 AM

midsail,
Since he only needs to recover data from the drive he doesn't neccessarily need for it to be able to boot into Windows...
Hook it up as a slave drive in the new machine and you can copy and burn whatever you need.
Tutorial Here