Existing hard drive to new PC

[Jader1973]

I currently have an elderly desktop which still runs Win7 (I know, I know). It is so crap Win10 won’t lower itself to installing on it.

So, new PC time, which is relatively simple to do.

However, once I get my new Win10/11 PC can I just remove the drive from the existing PC, add it to the new one, and be able to access all the docs / pics saved on it? Or will having a different OS on the 2nd drive be a problem?

They are all / can be backed up to an external drive as well on a regular basis.

So, add old drive to new PC, or just copy everything I want off and then add it to the new one?

Having typed it out I think the copy off / add back option is probably easier…

[xeny]

If you're backing them up already, I'd try recovering from the backup onto the new PC. If nothing else, you'll confirm that your backup process works properly.