10-01-2018, 01:29 AM
Depends on what's on that new hard drive and how it got there. If you restored a backup of another hard drive from a computer that had been on the internet it's quite possible that if there was malware on that other drive and it got backed up, then it will be on the restored drive.
If the new hard drive just has a fresh OS install then it's pretty safe, and also pretty boring since it has no applications or user files, or internet access.
If the new hard drive just has a fresh OS install then it's pretty safe, and also pretty boring since it has no applications or user files, or internet access.