Will Win7 pc detect WinXP HD?

[Slowhand]

Hi everyone, I've got a used WinXP internal sata hard drive laying around and I'm curious if it will run and be detected in my Windows 7 rig? Or will it simply not be recognized by the Win7 OS?

It would be nice to have that work...and I have some files that would be nice to retrieve from the old XP hard drive....but I don't even know what to expect if I installed it in a Win 7 machine. 😀

Ok, thanks for any help or tips. 🙂

 

[mikeymikec]

When you use the words "recognised" or "detected", if you mean that Win7 will be able to read/write the contents of that drive, yes it will, as long as the drive still works.

 

[TheELF]

When you use the words "recognised" or "detected", if you mean that Win7 will be able to read/write the contents of that drive, yes it will, as long as the drive still works.

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Well,aslong as it is an SATA drive,if it's oldschool IDE it's gonna be tough,you will have to find an adaptor.

 

[bigboxes]

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Well,aslong as it is an SATA drive,if it's oldschool IDE it's gonna be tough,you will have to find an adaptor.

Hi everyone, I've got a used WinXP internal sata hard drive

:hmm:

 

[bill33]

Hi everyone, I've got a used WinXP internal sata hard drive laying around and I'm curious if it will run and be detected in my Windows 7 rig? Or will it simply not be recognized by the Win7 OS?

It would be nice to have that work...and I have some files that would be nice to retrieve from the old XP hard drive....but I don't even know what to expect if I installed it in a Win 7 machine. 😀

Ok, thanks for any help or tips. 🙂

I dont see what the problem could be .

 

[Slowhand]

Thanks for the help everyone. 🙂 I'm just gonna install the hard drive and see what happens.:awe:

Hopefully it will show up in the Computer window in Windows 7 and I can access it right away. Feel free to add any other ideas - I really appreciate them!:thumbsup: