HPLC separations involve both the mobile phase (a liquid) and the stationary phase. (usually materials of varying hydrophobicity chemically bonded to a solid support). In. contrast, GC uses the mobile phase only to carry the analyte through the column.
Pulling Data off old HDD. You can get an IDE-to-USB interface, then connect it to your desktop via USB cable. It doesn't matter whether there's an operating system on the hard drive, it will be formatted as an NTFS file system, you just navigate to the files you want and copy them to your desktop's hard drive.
Format the external hard drive. Formatting the drive erases all of its data in a process designed to prepare the drive for use with a certain operating system and file system. The process is simple. 1  On a computer running Windows, right-click on the drive's icon and select Format from the context menu. On a Mac, open the Disk Utility application by clicking on its icon in the Applications folder. 2  Select your external hard drive in the left panel and then click the Erase button in the right panel (under the Erase tab). 3  Click OK to format the drive.