Windows 10: Moving hard drive to new PC.

I am finally getting a new desktop pc. My current pc is about 12 years old and is running windows 10. I am buying a new pc with windows 11 that has two 1 tb ssd drives. My current machine has a 2 tb ssd which is rather new. I would like to get my files off my old pc and was wondering if I could simply remove the second hard drive from the new pc and install the old 2tb drive form my old pc in the the new computer and use it as a secondary drive. My old drive is a little over half full. My old pc still works but has become rather slow and frequently shuts down so I thought it was time for

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External Hard Drive

Hi John,

We suggest that you try the troubleshooting steps below:

• Open your External Hard Drive file in File Explorer.
• Type the name of the file you want to search on the search box and click Enter.

The file will show up in Search Results and you will be able to move it to the correct folder.

Let us know if you need further help.

 

exterior hard drive usable?

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Plug USB hard drive into old computer.
• Open File Explorer (Win+E) and open the USB drive.
• Open another File Explorer window and open your documents folder.
• Drag files to the USB drive.
• Move drive to new computer.
• Drag files to their new homes in the matching documents/pictures/videos/whatever folders you use to organize.

Please let us know if you have any further issues. in uploading/ transferring data.

Thanks.

 

new hard drive on pc

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