Once you have installed the old HDD in your new computer and transferred all the files you wish to save, you could then delete the Windows XP partiton and create a new one just for backup, for things like system images. I like to save system images to the second drive in my PC, as well as to an external drive as a safety precaution. I had a storage HDD fail me without much of a warning two years ago and since then, I always make multiple backups of all my data on multiple drives.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1Intel i5 2500k8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Customized build from CyberPower
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
- CPU
- Intel i5 2500k
- Motherboard
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe
- Memory
- 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
- Sound Card
- Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ViewSonic 23" LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1980 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
- PSU
- Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
- Case
- Coolermaster HAF X full tower
- Cooling
- Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
- Keyboard
- Logitech USB
- Mouse
- Microsoft 3 button
- Internet Speed
- download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
