Using an extra storage HDD on Vista

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Well, I'm getting a new computer with Vista preinstalled, and I have a hard
drive that I used on XP as extra storage, but I didn't install XP on the
drive. Can I use the data already stored on the drive without formatting?
 
Kevin said:
Well, I'm getting a new computer with Vista preinstalled, and I have a hard
drive that I used on XP as extra storage, but I didn't install XP on the
drive. Can I use the data already stored on the drive without formatting?
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The only potential problem might be if the extra drive connects to a
different kind of disk controller than your Vista machine has. If both
disks are IDE or both are SATA then you should have no problems just
plugging the old drive into the new machine.
 
Don said:
The only potential problem might be if the extra drive connects to a
different kind of disk controller than your Vista machine has. If both
disks are IDE or both are SATA then you should have no problems just
plugging the old drive into the new machine.
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Alright, thanks, I shouldn't have any problems then.
 
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