You can't insert a drive with an existing Windows installation from one computer into another system and run off it, unless both systems are identical. Your data should be intact, though, so you could use the adapter to connect it to another system and access it as a mass storage device.[/quotemsg]
I did get the external enclosure and it runs on the new computer but, am I missing something or is there no way to use the external hard drive as THE hard drive? I have MS Office on the old one and would like to use that. I can access all my data, but would like to use all the old programs.