Make my old HDD a Slave in New cpu?

Im new to all this,yet I know theres a way to either install the Western Digital Caviar 24300 as a slave using the jumpers that were in my old IBM Activa[94'] as additional memory to the new emachine T5048 w/WINXP media 2005,or connect the 2 together using the USB's? The problem is I have old info on the IBM that I need to get to and Im not sure the USB ports on the IBM even work.
I have the old Caviar out already, yet I'm reluctant to dig into my new emachine.
Or would it be possible or easier to somehow install the floppy into the new CPU? The new one doesn't even have a floppy. Would it even read it if I did?
I basically need to transfer all the old info into the new?

Any responses,directions,suggestions or related sites would be greatly appreciated!!

 

So I take it the new EMachine already has a master hard Drive in there with an Operating System installed like XP, if so do as you said Slave the Caviar connect it to the intermediary connector on the HD ribbon and away you go. Should it not be recognised straight away go to Control Panel/Administrative tools/Computer Management/Disk Management and see if it is listed there .. if it is not showing as 'Healthy' right click and choose 'Import Foreign Disk' and then go back to My Computer and it should be showing in Windows...

 

Yes you can connect a HDD from the old PC as Slave to the your new PC.
You can also network the two PC's & or transfer data between them, both PC's would need a port to transfer the Data like USB or Rj45/Nec card
If both PC's can connect on line you can also Email Data between them

How to Network two PC's http://ask-leo.com/can_i_network_two_computers_with_just_a_cable.html
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/...two-computers-on-your-network-fast-105906.php

How to share Files between two PC's/Computers http://www.ehow.com/how_3657_share-files-between.html

Jumpers connect pins on the HDD to designate Master/Slave or CS configuration.
Here's INFO on HDD Jumpers & connectors http://pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/jump-c.html

A Floppy drive does not get connected to any CPU
How to install an internal Floppy drive http://www.ehow.com/how_8224_install-internal-floppy.html

What is a CPU http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CPU.html
http://peripherals.about.com/od/computertermglossary/g/whatisacpu.htm

Using Memory from your old PC for your New PC, No
Your Aptiva probably has 168pin pc100 or PC66 memory your New PC has 184 pin DDR memory, They are not interchangable

 

The last eMachine I worked on had a single hard drive and no intermediate connection on the parallel-ATA hard drive cable. That's the flat ribbon cable that carries 80 conductors. But the specs I saw for the emachine T5048 tell me you have both P-ATA and serial-ATA drive connections. So I don't know what to assume about the drive interfaces you're using.

However, I'll assume that the drive from the old machine uses the 40-pin/80 conductor P-ATA interface.

If your eMachine is already using the P-ATA interface to connect to its hard drive, and that cable doesn't have an intermediate connection for a second drive on the cable, you'll need to buy a P-ATA cable. They're readily available, and not expensive. They normally come with connectors for two hard drives plus the motherboard connector, but it should not be more than 18" long. Or you could use the one out of your old system if it's an 80-conductor cable. (Don't use a 40-conductor cable -- most are not made to allow use of the "cable select" feature, and will slow a drive down to the ATA-66 data transmission rate.)

Don't forget to pay attention to which end goes on the motherboard. ASUS has referred you to more detailed information about these things, so I won't duplicate his efforts. And yes, if the drive goes on the intermediate connection, make sure it's correctly jumpered to run as a slave. Either the "slave" or the "cable select" settings should work.

If your eMachine is using a S-ATA connection for its existing hard drive, there should be a P-ATA connection open on the motherboard. You'll likely be able to use the P-ATA cable out of your old machine to hook the drive up in the new one. If there is only one drive on the P-ATA cable, make sure that it's at the end of the cable. Connecting a drive at the middle connection and leaving the end connection open will cause electrical reflections that can mess up a data transfer. Connecting a drive at the end of an 80-conductor P-ATA cable means that the system will attempt to treat it as a master drive, so make sure that the old drive is jumpered accordingly. If it was the only drive in the old system, it will already be correctly jumpered as "master" or "cable select".