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How to Get Files Off Your Old Hard Drive
You’ve found an old hard drive from another computer and are dying to see what’s on it. It can be fun to travel back in time and find old data you’ve forgotten about, but getting old drives to work with new Windows 10 computers can be tricky.
In this article, you'll learn how to access files on an old hard drive using your Windows 10 PC.
Before you do anything, you need to identify the type of hard drive you have access to. Chances are the drive is one of two types. Older drives may use the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) PATA (Parallel AT Attachment) standard with a connector that looks like this:
