Ryan Newsome
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I have a question. One related to hard drives, multiple windows os', and BIOS.
I wont waste time. Here's my question.
I have save data on my old hard drive (disk) that I need to retrieve that is in the Windows7 "My documents recognized by Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 is on my new SSD).
I am concerned that my plan to retrieve my data might cause an error in the bootloader if I perform this method
(If computer auto reboots from SSD then skip steps 9 and 10)
Does this plan have any flaws?
I wont waste time. Here's my question.
I have save data on my old hard drive (disk) that I need to retrieve that is in the Windows7 "My documents recognized by Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 is on my new SSD).
I am concerned that my plan to retrieve my data might cause an error in the bootloader if I perform this method
- Reboot in Windows 8.1
- When the computer gets to the BIOS splash screen, press F11 (boot options)
- Select old harddrive (disk drive with Windows 7) to boot into
- This will boot in Windows 7 Home Premium which is located on the disk drive
- Log in and go into file explorer
- retrieve data from documents menu
- copy/paste data from Disk Drive to new folder in SSD
- Reboot in Windows 7
- When the computer gets to the BIOS splash screen, press F11 (boot options)
- Select SSD (with Windows 8.1)
- Move data to documents folder
(If computer auto reboots from SSD then skip steps 9 and 10)
Does this plan have any flaws?