Theoretical Question

[Hassan170]

I work in my family's business that has some really old computers (Intel core 2 duo)

As the only tech guy in the family i was planning on upgrading(adding a ssd) the Core 2 Duo PC specifically however i have some question regarding what would happen.

 

Currently the (Intel core 2 duo) is running on a 500GB hard drive which has Windows 7 which has a lot of office documents

If i were to put in a 256GB ssd with windows 10 into the PC, will the PC still have/read all the data on the 500GB hard drive?

I know i can go into the bios and make it so that it boots up from the ssd but will there be a problem in having 2 different versions of windows on 2 different drive?

 

Thanks in advance

Edited September 16, 2020 by Hassan170

[Master Disaster]

It will be fine. The only issue you'll have is permission issues accessing the files on the old drive from the new install but you can simply take ownership and assign permissions for the new account (Windows will often do this for you when you first try to open a folder you don't have access too).

[Hassan170]

4 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

It will be fine. The only issue you'll have is permission issues accessing the files on the old drive from the new install but you can simply take ownership and assign permissions for the new account (Windows will often do this for you when you first try to open a folder you don't have access too).

So in theory there shouldn't be a problem, just plop in the ssd and get windows to be able to read from the hard drive right?

[Master Disaster]

6 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

So in theory there shouldn't be a problem, just plop in the ssd and get windows to be able to read from the hard drive right?

Correct. To be 100% sure though I recommend you unplug the old HDD while installing Windows on the new SSD, this way you know Windows isn't going to put the bootloader on the wrong drive (which it loves to do).

[homeap5]

You can do one of two options:

 

1. Clone your hdd to ssd using Macrium Reflect and forget about hdd.

 

2. Unplug hdd and install win10 on SSD and forget about win7. You'll still have access to your old drive (you can connect it later, after installation), but you'll have new os. Win10 works pretty good on core2duo.

 

I recommend second option.

[Hassan170]

20 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Correct. To be 100% sure though I recommend you unplug the old HDD while installing Windows on the new SSD, this way you know Windows isn't going to put the bootloader on the wrong drive (which it loves to do).

Alright I'll make sure to remember that.

 

19 hours ago, homeap5 said:

You can do one of two options:

 

1. Clone your hdd to ssd using Macrium Reflect and forget about hdd.

 

2. Unplug hdd and install win10 on SSD and forget about win7. You'll still have access to your old drive (you can connect it later, after installation), but you'll have new os. Win10 works pretty good on core2duo.

 

I recommend second option.

I think i will go for the second option.