Can I use an old hard drive for my OS?

[Jedisponge]

I only have one HDD in my computer right now. I have an old computer with windows XP on it sitting in my garage. I was wondering if I could take out that hard drive, (just an HDD) wipe it, and install it in my new build so I can put my OS on it. That way if my computer ever decides to take a dump on me, I wouldn't have to reinstall all my steam games (it's a gaming PC). I don't have an SSD, and I don't want to buy one because I don't have 100 more dollars to spend. So, if I used that old one, would I experience any problems, would it be slower, etc?

Mu0ch thanks,
-Jedi

 

[smorizio]

if it a good size drive wipe it then use it as a back up drive. where you can ghost or put a drive clone image on it. with old drive dont use it as your main drive or keep data that you cant lose. older drives can die at any time i had that happen to my ide ext drive. go the old head crash on the wd drive. was lucky that on that drive was nothing i needed.

 

[Jedisponge]

if it a good size drive wipe it then use it as a back up drive. where you can ghost or put a drive clone image on it. with old drive dont use it as your main drive or keep data that you cant lose. older drives can die at any time i had that happen to my ide ext drive. go the old head crash on the wd drive. was lucky that on that drive was nothing i needed.

lol weren't you in my other thread about the post beeps?

 

[g-unit1111]

Yeah depending on the size of the drive it would work no problems as long as it is a SATA drive and not an IDE drive.