I have have a new SATA hard drive that I want to use to backup all the files and media from my primary IDE drive...I dont use this SATA drive to boot my computer or anything, I dont have windows installed on it or anything...I bought it for backing up the stuff from my older primary drive.
Once I transfer all the files I have to my SATA, Can that SATA drive be taken out, and installed onto a different computer if needed later on as a backup drive, and be able to transfer the files onto the master drive of a computer? Or would you need to reformat the drive clean before installing it to another computer? Because to get "MY COMPUTER" to recognize my new SATA I had to go into disk management and have the drive formated 100%
Once I transfer all the files I have to my SATA, Can that SATA drive be taken out, and installed onto a different computer if needed later on as a backup drive, and be able to transfer the files onto the master drive of a computer? Or would you need to reformat the drive clean before installing it to another computer? Because to get "MY COMPUTER" to recognize my new SATA I had to go into disk management and have the drive formated 100%