Oh Dear!I need help again!

[J0nn0666]

Ok...........So i started having problems with my DVD drive,and problems accessing Ebay and my online banking,so i decided to format the harddrive and start again.
I backed up all my music onto 4/5 dvd's,put all my important apps onto a 15 gig partition,including my firefox profile with all my settings,bookmarks,passwords etc.Being a practical chap,i also put my firefox settings onto a dvd with a couple of movie i wanted to save.
Jump forward to installing windows...........Now the system won't access the DVD drive,i formatted the primary partition,so i can't re-install windows,can't access the 15 gig partition i needed!
So.......Decided to buy a new laptop as the other one was over 3 years old,so guess what now?It seems the firefox data i cunningly saved onto DVD just in case,now sseems that only the folders copied and none of the data!!So now i have a new laptop,but none of my bookmarks,none of my saved log-in details!!
So......... can i buy some kind of external thingy that i could take the old hard drive out the laptop,and maybe access it externally by USB?
Or............ would an external DVD drive be a better idea,to connect to the other laptop,install windows and get my stuff that way??
I have over 100 saved bookmarks/log-in detals saved,i can't even remember most of the bookmarks let alone all the log-in deets!

Thanks...............

[Sepu]

I suggest you to buy an external box and insert the old laptop hard disk, then connect it to the new one through USB cable.

[J0nn0666]

I suggest you to buy an external box and insert the old laptop hard disk, then connect it to the new one through USB cable.

Yeh Chris,that's exactly what i need!Waht are they called?Know any online retailer where i could buy one?

[J0nn0666]

I suggest you to buy an external box and insert the old laptop hard disk, then connect it to the new one through USB cable.

Yeh Chris,that's exactly what i need!Waht are they called?Know any online retailer where i could buy one?


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Just found one and have ordered it,fingers crossed!

[Red]

I suggest you to buy an external box and insert the old laptop hard disk, then connect it to the new one through USB cable.

Yeh Chris,that's exactly what i need!Waht are they called?Know any online retailer where i could buy one?

Try Amazon or Best Buy.

[deadone]

that sucks and i know how you feel, i have done that a couple of times.
my bookmark problem is now solved as i use the maxthon browser and i wont change it ever..

basically you create an account from within your browser and you have all your bookmarks saved and synced to the private server (all free).
when you open your browser next time your on your system none of your passwords or login details are show untill you sign into your browser.
1 click once you are signed in using the magic fill tool and your sites you saved with user details logs you on automatically.
when you close you browser down it logs you out so no one can peek at your faves etc.

http://www.maxthon.com/
might be worth you checking it out for future reference

regards
Mick

[J0nn0666]

Thanks Mick,i'll check it out.

[Steven]

Dude, I hope your problem solutions.

regards