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Can XP corrupt Windows 7?
Hello, I would like to use my old XP Ide hard drive in an external enclosure connected to my new Windows 7 desktop. I couldn't get XP to boot in my old system, no matter what I tried, or disks I used. All options when selected resulted every time with, " Press F10 for recovery". I finally gave up and bought another tower.
The old h/drive was still spinning, so I'm hoping I may be able to recover some of the files on it. That's a brief history. If the boot sector in the XP h/drive was corrupt in some way, (it was returning clean scans before it went wrong), could it harm the new OS, or could I somehow retrieve my files safely. It will be evident to you that I'm no computer genius. Your advice would very welcome, thank you.