Moving one HDD to another PC

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wharangbuh

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Hi.

Last weekend, our power fluctuated in our house. I tried to turn on my PC but it won't open. I brought it to the shop. I thought that my power supply was just broken. So they tested it and and yes, it was broken. I was about to buy another one but when we tried to test it, the PC wouldn't boot. So we tried to test the processor to another MB. It didn't boot. So chances are, my PC is fried.

My question is, is there a chance that my HDD is still working (didn't had the chance to test it in the shop, because my thinking that time was just to buy the broken CPU, MB and PSU. But now I changed my mind and just wanted to salvage my files and just save up for a better PC)? If so, can I put it to my other PC, to get my files there, without damaging that PC's components etc? Both HDD have Windows 7 on it.

Here's my PC specs. It's old. Can I run both HDD on it?

AMD Phenom II X4 955BE 3.0Ghz
Asus M4A88TD-M
Gskill 4GB DDR3 1333/PC3 10600 Ripjaws
Seagate 1TB 7200rpm SATA
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower Case
Thermaltake LitePower 500w
Some HD Series 4650 Card (I think)

The other HDD is 1TB also.

Thanks.
 
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wharangbuh

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Then, after copying all the files, I can reformat it? Is that recommended?
 
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Captain_WD

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Hey there wharangbuh,

Sorry for your rig.
You shouldn't have a problem using that drive on your new PC, as long as it's OK. As @Zkye mentioned, just set it up as a slave drive in BIOS and you should be good to go. Another option is to get a SATA to USB cable and get your files without putting the drive inside the computer.
If the drive is OK, you should be OK to use it as a secondary drive or a backup drive. I would suggest running a CHKDSK /r to check for and close any bad sectors that the drive might have. Also, run a S.M.A.R.T. test on it to see if it's still good and safe to put any data on it. If everything is OK, reformat it/write zeros and you should have a clean drive ready to go. A good tool to use for checks is WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic (here's a link: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=810&lang=en).

Hope this helps,

Captain_WD.
 
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wharangbuh

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Is it safe to copy the files from my other HDD to the one in my PC before doing all those things you told me to?
 
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I would suggest you first run the tests as there might be errors on the disk (even bad unreadable sectors) and there's a chance (a small one but still a chance) of transferring them on the new one. If you see your data when you power on the system, you should be OK to transfer the data. A disk check should not damage or alter any files it currently has on, if that's your concern.
 
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