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I plugged in the original HD without changing any jumper settings, just to see what would happen. Hey, what do you know? It shows up in My Computer, perfectly accessible, just like Dragon said it would. Well, almost--I cannot get to the c /documents and settings/user/local settings/application data/ files on the original HD, It tells me access denied. But I can reboot and choose the original HD as the boot device and get to that stuff, then reboot with the new SSD.
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Neal,
That access denied error is probably caused by the fact that the access rights aren't setup properly.
The old disc was managed by your previous OS.
So the users who had access to this disc and certain folders are now unknow to the fresh installed XP.
Hence your current OS denies acces to them.
Check if you have access rights to that disc/folder before doing anything else.
There is no need for a backup procedure at this moment.
[EDIT] Added Neals remark.