Adding a used hard drive

I just removed a 4gig hard drive from another computer that was running Win 95B. I mounted it in this computer so I could have a bit more storage I booted this computer up and checked the BOIS to see that all 4 IDE connects,2 primary,2 secondary were on automatic I installed the new 4g hard drive as a slave on the primary port. My CDburner is all by itself on the secondary port,the 2 gig hard drive that has win95B on it is the master on the primary port.when it booted to the desktop I checked in "My Computer ", the 2G is C the 4g is D and theCD RW is E.
I had every intention of formatting the 4G but is it necessary? Will it work on this system without formatting? I assumed all the stuff that was on it when it was running the other computer would still be on it. It shows 388 used (397.312 bytes) and only 4 objects -command,drvspace,Io.sys,ans Ms.dos.sys. 3.99 G open.
It ain`t easy being a novice.
I`m assuming I can drag and drop, or send, from the old drive to the new. Is that correct?
As usual thanks for the assist. If Billy bob is around tell him I`m about ready to upgrade to `98

 

Moore,

If you know the system that it came out of, you should be ready to go. If you're not sure about the other system, I would go ahead and format the drive. You may also want to scan with your anti-virus software to make sure it's clean.

Other then that, you should be ready to transfer data over and install programs as you choose.

Mike

 

Thanks Mike,
Got it all under control, I went ahead and formatted it. Workinf fine.

 

Moore,

Great to hear and you're welcome!

Mike