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I am building a computer and I am using my mother's old HP TouchSmart Computer Hard Drive. Will this even work with my new build? It has things on it so I'm not alowed to wipe it which I wish I could do but will this effect my new build if it has other driver's on it and Windows 7 Home Premiumm, and a few pics and games. But I can't wipe it.

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I don't see why it would stop you from using your computer. Hard drives are cheap get a new one shortly after you build it.

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Thank's it has been worrying but I was already planing on getting a WD Caviar Black after I build it anyway so that plays right into my wheelhouse! Thanks for the help.

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Yes, it should work. But performance wont be as good until you uninstall all the old drivers and stuff and install the latest drivers of your new pc parts...

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you cant instantly recycle an hdd. you need to reinstall windows on it first

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Are you sure on that? I know I have to install new driver's but a whole over-haul on windows?

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If the HDD still has the Windows OS on it then you shouldn't use it as the boot drive. If you get a new drive and install Windows on it, then you can plug in the old drive, and then pull all the important data off it.

 

I wouldn't recommend it as the boot drive, since it's an older drive and is more likely to fail at this point in time.

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