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Retrieving Info from old modem question.

15 years ago

Hi,

I gave my old modem to my daughter before I had a chance to get everything out of My Documents. For some reason she can't get her computer to work although when I had it it was fine. At any rate, how can I retrieve my info from that modem? Do I need to take it somewhere or is there something I should buy to do this, and most importantly is it easy to do myself with very little computer skill? I really need to get this info as it's many years of genealogy research and pictures. Thank you.

Sapphires

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bpgreen
15 years ago
The modem wouldn't have any information on it. A modem is just a device that lets you connect to other computers over the phone line. Are you sure it was a modem you gave her?
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
are you meaning the hard drive? as bpgreen said the modem is what you plug the phone cord into on the back of the pc that lets it dial out it has nothing to do with stored info.

your stored info is on your hard drive.
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Thanks, clg! The ladder is a good idea - & gave me a head-thumping moment. Better yet, I'll start with a level-rod! That way I can "prod" & measure depth @ the same time! (Raised & trained by Land Surveyor Dad, worked in surveying & construction staking most of my life). Still have equipment, since he passed & family biz passed along-side. Further research gives me the impression that I need to go to the (GASP!!) root cellar/crawl space to look for signs of a pipe (w/valve, initially) coming in down there. Scary place, unless you think spiders & cobwebs are groovy. I do NOT. But the desire to search will outweigh the, umm, "apprehension". Lol! Thanks! It occurred to me, also, that our (Dad trained DH, he's RLS, now) field of work could make our advice & opinions useful to someone - property line questions, etc. I'll post that offer soon, so many have been helpful to me! Thanks, again!
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sapphires
Original Author
15 years ago
Okay, now you can all see my ignorance to computer knowledge. The "Tower" then that you plug everything into, so I guess that's the hard drive? I feel so silly.
Sapphires
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
oh you mean the entire computer, that is usually called the cpu or the pc tower.

in side the tower are many things one of which would be your hard drive which would contain your files and information including your My Documents folder.

If it was working for you, you should be able to just plug in your monitor, keyboard and mouse and plug it in to the wall socket and boot it up, once booted then you should be able to go to your my documents area and copy what ever files you want to either a cd or dvd that you can burn if that pc has a burner or you can put in a little usb thumb drive and put them on there.

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