Checking a second HDD without formatting?

njl52

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I have an old HDD that whose contents were never erased. I've plugged it in and Windows is recognizing it, but I get:

"You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?"

How can I check the contents of this drive?