Can an XP HD be read by Vista?

Hello,
Hi have receently ordered a new system that will be running Vista Home
Premium.
My very old system is running XP Home. A couple of years back I added a
second HD to the old system and have been using it as a Back-up Drive.

So my question is - will the new XP system be able to use/read the data on
the Old XP HD if I install it on the new system? Most of the data on the Old
HD is /are Word Docs, Photos (Photoshop 3.0), Music, - nothng really esoteric.

Thanks for any input.

Cordially,
Don

Hi,

Yes, Vista has no problem reading either NTFS or FAT/FAT32 formatted drives
created by previous versions of Windows (not just XP, but pretty much any of
them).

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Best of Luck,

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

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> Hello,
> Hi have receently ordered a new system that will be running Vista Home
> Premium.
> My very old system is running XP Home. A couple of years back I added a
> second HD to the old system and have been using it as a Back-up Drive.
>
> So my question is - will the new XP system be able to use/read the data on
> the Old XP HD if I install it on the new system? Most of the data on the
> Old
> HD is /are Word Docs, Photos (Photoshop 3.0), Music, - nothng really
> esoteric.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> Cordially,
> Don