I have done that many times and still have external drives that have come in very handy when I needed an old file.
Hi Gang Rather than Delete/Erase a system drive that has 'Windows 7 Pro', I'd like to actually keep it in order pull/copy files off it. I'd rather do a 'NEW' Windows Install on a 'NEW' System Drive, enclose the old system drive in a powered external enclosure, then simply navigate to various folders pulling off data to be copied to the New System Drive. Sound Reasonable/Possible? Thank You
Optiplex 790 - Remove System Drive (Use It To Extract Files)