Using old HDD

[loler920a]

Hey guys I have an old 80GB HDD from an old computer

 

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I want to add this to my new rig but im afraid the OS which is XP from the old drive might screw up my new rig.

Should I wipe it?

If yes how

Will my new Rig slow down because of it.

 

Im just using it for basic stuff not storing games and apps.

 

 

[IMA UNICORN]

plug it in to your new rig, open it up in 'create and modify disk partitions" and then format it and create a new volume in NTFS for the max performance. it will be slower then a modern HDD but if its only data on it it shouldnt make much of a difference. there isnt really much of a point using such a old and small HDD becasue a new 1TB HDD is so cheap it makes it pointless to use such an old drive

[zip2k4]

plug it in to your new rig, open it up in 'create and modify disk partitions" and then format it and create a new volume in NTFS for the max performance. it will be slower then a modern HDD but if its only data on it it shouldnt make much of a difference. there isnt really much of a point using such a old and small HDD becasue a new 1TB HDD is so cheap it makes it pointless to use such an old drive

 

if it's free and you have the space, can't really complain can ya?

[Blue fellow]

I would not put anything on it that you might be afraid of losing, at least not without a back up somewhere. 

[IMA UNICORN]

What interface does the HDD use?

[ehsanawan]

Yes you can and it will not slow down

[mgsstar]

No it wouldn't slow it down just make sure you use EasyBCD to default your boot to your new OS to make sure that it defaults booting into your new os instead of having to go through the boot manager screen everytime you boot to select the OS.