Windows 10: Windows 7 machine died, so I put the hard drive in an enclosure, but it won't let me access...

My windows 7 laptop died today, so I decided to put the hard drive into an enclosure and connected it to a windows 10 laptop.


What I was hoping to do to is to use the windows 7 hard drive and its OS as a standalone OS on top of the windows 10.


I recall being able to do this with windows xp and windows vista, when my windows xp laptop died and the hard drive in an enclosure was connected to windows vista laptop.


is this possible with windows 7 hard drive in enclosure connected to windows 10 laptop?


Can I run the application on the windows 7 hard drive as if it's running the windows 7 off the hard drive in the enclosure connected to the windows 10 laptop?


Thanks in advance for any info.


I don't know where to put this question, so I'm choosing windows 10, windows update, recovery and backup section.

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Hard Drive Enclosure

Hi Comeback, you should be able to access those files if you put that hard drive into an external enclosure . . .

When you connect that drive, does Windows actually see the drive - can you see it in File Explorer?

Open Disc Management (accessible by right clicking your Start Button

Do you see that drive listed there?

 

Hard Drive Enclosure

Hello. Is it possible to access files from a hard drive from an old laptop onto my new laptop the same you can access files using a flash drive? Not sure how else I can put it, but I have a hard drive from an old laptop that is inside a hard drive enclosure.
I have the enclosure connected to my laptop via usb, but I am not seeing an option to access that hard drive. How can I access the hard drive that's connected to the usb hard drive enclosure?

 

Hard Drive Enclosure

I do not see it in File Explorer. In Disc Management, I see the following:

Disc 0, Partition 1

Disc 0, Partition 4

I don't know which one the enclosed hard drive is