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cliffhucker · 10-12-2006, 09:39 PM

I want to know if I would encounter any problems if I put my HDD from my old Gateway (Windows ME) into my newer build (as a secondary HDD) that is running XP PRo.?

I only want to be able to access all the data on the old drive and am not interested in running ME.

So I was thinking of just installing it as a secondary thinking I could boot as I normally from my new drive running XP PRo and then just browse through the older HDD.

Are there any problems I might encounter doing this?

Would my machine simply recognize the drive as if I installed another optical drive etc?

Thanks for any assistance.!

Cheers,
CH

10-12-2006, 09:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
cliffhucker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 185 OS: XP Pro-SP2	Installing old (secondary HDD) I want to know if I would encounter any problems if I put my HDD from my old Gateway (Windows ME) into my newer build (as a secondary HDD) that is running XP PRo.? I only want to be able to access all the data on the old drive and am not interested in running ME. So I was thinking of just installing it as a secondary thinking I could boot as I normally from my new drive running XP PRo and then just browse through the older HDD. Are there any problems I might encounter doing this? Would my machine simply recognize the drive as if I installed another optical drive etc? Thanks for any assistance.! Cheers, CH