Windows 10: Can I plug my old hard drive with Windows XP in to my new Windows 10 pc and transfer video...

I have an hard drive that has ton of movies on it, but it also has Windows XP. Is it safe to plug it into my current pc thats running Windows 10? or do i have to tranfer them from an pc thats running Windows XP?

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Transferring files from Windows XP sata hard drive to Windows 10 PC


Hello,

I have an old sata internal hard drive with Windows XP installed and various files I'd like to recover. I hooked it up to my Windows 10 desktop and can view it in "This PC" but when I attempt to access it it suggests I reformat the drive. I don't actually need the drive itself, I am only interested in recovering the files on it.

Is there any way to access the files on the old hard drive without having access to Windows XP or Windows 7 machine?

Would it be possible to access the hard drive on a Windows 7 laptop with some sort of Sata to USB adapter?

I found this topic where one user said it should be as simple as just plugging it in.








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Transferring files from Windows XP sata hard drive to Windows 10 PC

Hi Technohero and welcome to Tenforums.

Yes, you should be able to hook that drive up to any system, using a SATA to USB adapter of some sort, or even plugging it inside your rig, and you should be able to do this in Windows 10. However, if the drive has some sort of damage, Windows will tell you to format it first before using it. So, is it a pretty old disk? Has it been dropped/damaged in some way?

 

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