Vista - Plug in second hard drive?

I have an attachment that allows me to plug another hard drive into the USB
port. If If I do this with my old laptop hard drive, which has XP, will my
new computer with VISTA read it and/or make a dual boot for it? Or will it
try to make me reformat the old hard drive? I have old programs that won't
run with VISTA, & thought this would be a good solution.
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jeanniebee

See my response to the other thread that you posted this same question in.

By the by, for new questions you should create a new thread, not tag into an
old one. Doing so will make it more likely that someone will read and
respond to it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jeanniebee" <jeanniebee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B5DF1E3-6C58-4E77-856D-8A514CF79EEB@microsoft.com...
>I have an attachment that allows me to plug another hard drive into the USB
> port. If If I do this with my old laptop hard drive, which has XP, will my
> new computer with VISTA read it and/or make a dual boot for it? Or will it
> try to make me reformat the old hard drive? I have old programs that won't
> run with VISTA, & thought this would be a good solution.
> --
> jeanniebee

thanks. I'm new to this site & couldn't find the prompt to post a new
question at first, so tagged on to the other until I figured it out.
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jeanniebee


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> See my response to the other thread that you posted this same question in.
>
> By the by, for new questions you should create a new thread, not tag into an
> old one. Doing so will make it more likely that someone will read and
> respond to it.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "jeanniebee" <jeanniebee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B5DF1E3-6C58-4E77-856D-8A514CF79EEB@microsoft.com...
> >I have an attachment that allows me to plug another hard drive into the USB
> > port. If If I do this with my old laptop hard drive, which has XP, will my
> > new computer with VISTA read it and/or make a dual boot for it? Or will it
> > try to make me reformat the old hard drive? I have old programs that won't
> > run with VISTA, & thought this would be a good solution.
> > --
> > jeanniebee
>
>