Windows 10: new additional HDD to new PC

I want to add an additional HDD taken from my old PC to my new PC and use as a 2nd HDD.. this 2nd HDD drive still has the Win 10 OS on it from the old PC that I do not wish to use.. all I want to do is access the Data on it.. can I remove just the Win 10 files/folders and use it as an additional drive without having to completely Format it

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Installing a new HDD to replace a HDD of the same size that failed.

I have a Windows 10 OS installed on my C: drive. I had data stored on an HDD designated as D: drive. That second drive failed and was replaced by a new HDD. Both are the same size and type of drives, except different manufactures. The new HDD is not
listed in File Explorer. It is listed in Computer Management under Device Manager as a Disk drive. Disk Management under Storage does not list the new HDD.

I have tested the new HDD with software downloaded from the manufacture and it has passed all tests. At least that software was able to access the new drive and perform low level tests to see if it is operational.

Looking at the events log for this HDD, I find an event warning that says "Device ... was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match." Opening up the properties indicates drivers have been installed. Reading the volume information results in: "Volume
information for this disk cannot be found"

I suspect that the problem with the volume information is associated with the warning in the event log. I removed the HDD, restarted the PC then shut it down to start the installation process over again. No change in the event log or status of the new
HDD. Can anyone suggest how I can get past that warning?

 

relatively new PC, HDD very often at 100%

This is a PC that I made for my dad for internet browsing and basic stuff. It ran properly for about a year. It is currently running Windows 10 (Home?), with all updates (anniversary pack?) with the following specs:

Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz

4 GB RAM

1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM Toshiba

NVIDIA Geforce GT 720 1 GB

PSU - 350W

All of a sudden, the PC became extremely slow (The HDD). The HDD is ALMOST constantly at 100%, with 1XMb/s, the HDD task manager will be telling me the HDD is at 100%.
Here is what I did:

• Suspected virus; ran antivirus kits.
  
• manually allocated space for paging file (2X ram)
  
• stopped services like
  
  • superfetch
    
  • Windows Search
    
• Uninstalled Skype
  
• Uninstalled Chrome
  
• Put MSISupport in regedit at 0 - 100% disk usage on windows 10
  
• Might have done more, but forgot.
  
• "refreshed" PC and removed everything
  
• Redid the steps before
  -Swap HDD SATA port
  

At this point, I did not know what to do anymore. So I bought a new HDD (WD Blue) (didn't want to invest in a SDD for my dad, since he just browse the web and stream stuff)
Installed the new HDD, formatted it and used userbenchmark to see the perf of everything. the old HDD was 10th percentile, so I was like "maybe I just had a failing HDD!", while my new HDD was doing 90th percentile.

Now I made a cloned Windows from my old HDD to new HDD. And now both HDD is performing like sh*t...

So... is something wrong with Windows 10? But I just refreshed the PC, I don't spend much time at their place, so I don't have much time to investigate. I might bring their PC to my place soon.

Anyone has an idea what's happening here?

thanks a lot! this has been bugging me for so long!!!

 

unlock hdd

Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.