Upgrade that should have been done years ago

[wiltshirejohn]

This stick-in-the-mud is still running XP (yeah - I know - I know...)  I'm planning to upgrade to Win10 and they say it must be a clean install. So - plan A is to unplug my current hard disks and install Win 10 on this new clean solid state HD

Now some questions spring to mind:

1. Can I just plug my old disks back onto the system and read the data thereon or do I have to copy all the stuff out onto CDs or whatever and then re-initialise the disks.

2. Would it be possible to create a dual-boot setup (Win10 + XP).  Thinking about it, this may be the best way to go, bearing in mind both my printer and my scanner are fairly ancient - what hope to find drivers for them?

I know in my subject line I suggested that I'm late into this upgrade lark but...   look at all the crud that Microsoft has bee shovelling out between XP and 10

Regards to all - wiltshirejohn

[Glenn]

Dual boot W10 & XP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK69rSBQRu0

Windows 10 should read the XP disk without any issues.