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Moving HDD to a new computer, shows Acronis Drive and cannot read contents (Windows 10)

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I am sure this is a simple problem, but not simple if you don't know. 

Problem, I am moving my data HD to a new computer (Windows 10->Windows 10). I am using Acronis 2020 as my back SW up on the original computer. When I install the hard drive from my old computer on the new computer, the HD has no drive letter and shows "Acronis Drive" in Explorer. 

When I boot up the original computer, all data is there and is working as expected. Therefore, I know the data on the HD is not corrupt.

How do I get this HD back to a standard Windows 10 format? Any insight to correct this problem would be appreciated. 

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Not sure what is going on. The new computer probably defaults to UEFI rather than old BIOS, and that requires that the HDD use gpt rather than MBR. With GPT disk the boot device is set to Windows Boot manager not a drive letter. Check the boot device.