Windows 10: Access old hdd after clone

Hey guys, little help here if poss I done a successful clone of my HDD to a SSD, no prob there, put in new ssd all works as it should. My problem is as its a clone, its exactly the same as the HDD now out the machine including being called a C drive. I need to access the HDD, but when I plug it via data USB its not recognised as its exactly the same, What's the easiest way to just grab a file from it it that I missed? Hope I explained that OK Cheers for help

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Hello community,

I just bought a new laptop and I was wondering if I clone my old laptop HDD (right now I am using that as external HDD) connected to my new PC. My idea is to clone this old HDD into my new laptop so I can use all my data and installed software, is that possible?

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I now have 3 HDDs left...

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