Moving old hard drive to new computer as a backup?

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pennypacker

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I've got a SATA hard drive from my old Windows XP computer with files already in it. Thing is, the computer suddenly died so everything from the old computer is still on there. I want to use it as a backup for my new Windows 7 computer, but I'm not exactly sure how.

Surely it's not as easy as just putting it in the case and letting Windows do everything else, right?
 
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WyomingKnott

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Depends on what you mean by "use it as a backup." To boot from, just to get your old files from, or as a backup drive? Can you make it a little clearer, please?

If you want to do backups on it, a) you will lose all your old data, and b) it should be in an internal enclosure.
 
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