Adding a HD with corrupted OS

[geraldd]

I have a Dell 8100 that I use at work. The HD on it has Windows 2000 Pro. I removed a HD from a compac that also has Windows 2000 Pro, but has a glitch of some sort. There is data on it that I would like to retrieve. I am worried about the corrupted disk affecting the healthy disk. What are my options and should I even do this? The drive with the glitch is a working drive. The error came about when I tried to update it with Windows XP. Anyway, I need some advice.

[Panama Red]

If all you want to do is retrieve data from the corrupted disk, you can install it in the slave position on your ide cable and make sure both drives are jumpered to CS (Cable Select). Before accessing any of the files, I'd suggest a scan of the entire drive with your Anti Virus and another scan at Trendmicro's web site. Then copy or move the files you want to keep to an appropriate place on your Dell. That should do it.

[geraldd]

Thank you for the information. I think that I can even do it. I'll post again if I have a problem.

[ktkendall]

The only way you really would need to be concerned with corruption on this disk installing it as a secondary disk is if it were a virus than it could perhaps affect the good disk but even then it should not because it is not the boot disk anymore but I wouldn't trust it if it were virus infected, I would clean it up first if it is a virus infection...