Yet another Windoze 7 PC query - sorry!

ih8stress

EveryWhere wrote: »

Is the HDD not seen as a secondary drive? Does it still have it's original cables attached?

Yes, I think so. Just gone into Device Manager and can see it (WDC .........). Still finding my bearings on Win10 and never transferred anything like this before. So not sure what to do exactly yet

System proxy settings is fine.

Thank you for confirming that

EveryWhere

ih8stress wrote: »

Thank you for confirming that

Does it have a Drive letter, like D or E on the This PC page in Windows Explorer?

If not, you need to go into Disk Management in order to allocate one. Do not choose to format the drive.

ih8stress

For anyone else, Windows Explorer has changed its name to File Explorer.

File Explorer is found by clicking on the Folder icon, on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen (thank you to Everywhere for providing this information).

It is showing as

SSD: C
Recovery: D
OS: F

So does that mean the old HDD is 'F'?

EveryWhere

ih8stress wrote: »

For anyone else, Windows Explorer is now found by going into:
Start/Windows System/File Explorer - it has changed its name.

It is showing as

SSD: C
Recovery: D
OS: F

So does that mean the old HDD is 'F'?

Have a look. Double click on it and look around in there.

File Explorer is found by clicking on the Folder icon, on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

ih8stress

EveryWhere wrote: »

File Explorer is found by clicking on the Folder icon, on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

Trust me to go the long way round, hee hee, thanks. Will edit my post for others too

Have a look. Double click on it and look around in there.

Right-clicked on F Drive. Shows windows stuff etc. Click on 'Users' and can see folders for each one but when I click on them they say 'You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Continue or cancel.' Also they seem to be empty.

Do I click on continue at this point? thanks

EveryWhere

ih8stress wrote: »

Trust me to go the long way round, hee hee, thanks. Will edit my post for others too

Have a look. Double click on it and look around in there.

Right-clicked on F Drive. Shows windows stuff etc. Click on 'Users' and can see folders for each one but when I click on them they say 'You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Continue or cancel.' Also they seem to be empty.

Do I click on continue at this point? thanks

Yes, you need to continue. Then you'll be able to access your pics and docs etc and copy them over if you wish.

googler

ih8stress wrote: »

My old HDD with Win7 on will be used as storage for my photos, video clips, documents and notes etc.

1) Do I re-format or wipe this to remove Win7 and all programs still on it?

NO, NO, NO do NOT do this.

Unless you are struggling for space on it, just leave it as is.

If you are struggling for space, you can selectively delete the windoze folders.

debitcardmayhem

Looks like you are conquering your stress, well done on the install,what size SSD did you buy and how much is used on your old disk (f)?

ih8stress

googler wrote: »

NO, NO, NO do NOT do this.

Unless you are struggling for space on it, just leave it as is.

If you are struggling for space, you can selectively delete the windoze folders.

I meant that after I had successfully transferred all my photos/docs etc I would then like to remove everything else on there that is now surplus to requirements eg. Windows 7, old programs etc.

Any programs I need, I will just download the latest versions (via the manufacturer websites) onto the SDD.

Surely this is a better option to get rid of everything by formatting the HDD? I can then move the photos and docs etc back onto the clean HDD to use as backup storage.

ih8stress

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Looks like you are conquering your stress, well done on the install,what size SSD did you buy and how much is used on your old disk (f)?

:rotfl: thank you, DCM

I got a 240GB SSD and my HDD shows currently as:

332GB used space
252GB free space

Hope you are well, my friend - sorry for delay in replying