Windows 10: Can I add a old XP drive to a windows 10 computer to access files?

Hello!

I currently am running a windows 10 computer with a 1 Terabyte WD Black drive. I have a old computer with a windows XP hard drive that has documents I need to access. Is it possible to add the XP drive to a SATA port on my new PC to get those files? Or is not not that simple?

A quick answer would be great, I know the alternative would be get monitor hooked up to the old PC and transfer files.

Thank you!


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Folder and printer sharing no longer working since upgrading to Windows 10

I have a Brother HL-2240D printer connected to my main computer via a USB port. The computer was running Windows 8.1. I shared the printer and added it to a Windows XP computer on my home network. I then upgraded the Windows 8.1 computer to Windows 10. I
plugged in a new Windows 10 computer on my network and tried to add the shared printer. It sees my other Windows 10 computer but not the printer and I cannot add it. I went back to the Windows XP computer and although the shared printer is still listed, it
cannot no longer connect to it.



I checked the computer with the printer and it is still configured to be shared. The sharing options for the current profile (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings) are to set to “Turn on file and printer
sharing”.



In addition, I have several shared folders on my main Windows 10 computer. The Windows XP computer had those shared folders mapped as drive letters. They can no longer be accessed. The new Windows 10 computer cannot map network folders on the main computer
(it does not see the main computer but it does see the Windows XP computer).



Folders shared on the Windows XP computer and the new Windows 10 computer are accessible from the old Windows 10 computer so the loss of access is only one direction (the other computers cannot get into the main Windows 10 computer but the main Windows 10
computer can access going out to the other computers).



What needs to be done so the other computers can access the shared printer and shared folders on the main Windows 10 computer?



Thanks to anybody who can help me out.

 

Unable to access folders in external hard drive

I'm trying to access folders on a external hard drive from a old xp computer to a windows 10 computer and it says i do not have permission to access the folders. Thanks for your help.

Original title: Storage

 

Yes, Just plug it into one of the sata port.

 

I got the XP Hard Drive out, didn't think it through, it uses a very outdated SATA cable, unless there is an adapter ill have to set up a monitor.

 

Do you mean a flat, ribbon cable ? if so, it is not sata cable but it is called IDE cable with an IDE Hard drive then you would need a IDE to Sata adapter.

 

Thanks for your help, marked as solved!