Hello,
I just recently replaced my computer after the theft of my old one. I unfortunately backed up too infrequently, but that being said, there are files (music, documents, email) on my external hard drive that I would like to transfer to my new computer. My problem is that I'm not sure that my hard drive isn't compromised. I seem to recall that when I plugged my hard drive into my previous computer, that that computer spontaneously restarted. Since I now have a "virgin" system I am hesitant to plug my drive into it w/o scanning it thoroughly then reformatting it. Is there a safe way of doing this with my computer or do I need to take the drive somewhere for file extraction and cleaning?
Thank You,
----Richard
I just recently replaced my computer after the theft of my old one. I unfortunately backed up too infrequently, but that being said, there are files (music, documents, email) on my external hard drive that I would like to transfer to my new computer. My problem is that I'm not sure that my hard drive isn't compromised. I seem to recall that when I plugged my hard drive into my previous computer, that that computer spontaneously restarted. Since I now have a "virgin" system I am hesitant to plug my drive into it w/o scanning it thoroughly then reformatting it. Is there a safe way of doing this with my computer or do I need to take the drive somewhere for file extraction and cleaning?
Thank You,
----Richard