Check your system and consider upgrading or replacing the hard drive if needed.
Check your system and consider upgrading or replacing the hard drive if needed.
You can likely use your existing SSD in another system as a boot drive, even if it was running Windows for a year. Just ensure compatibility between the hardware and the operating systems involved. It should boot into Windows if everything matches. Your laptop's newer hardware should work fine with the older system, though you may need to adjust settings or drivers.