As long as you have a 2.0 usb port on your old system then yes, it most certainly can. If the port is 1.0 then it may not work. I have used 2.0 usb flash drives to move folders between Windows XP, Vista and now Windows 10 without any problems at all. I was not able to get one to work on my old Windows 98 system with a 1.0 usb port. So it may depend a lot on the port and operating system you are moving from. If you are not going back any further then XP, then I would suggest using a 2.0 drive and avoid a 3.0 even though they should be downwards compatible. If your old system is Win7 or 8, a 3.0 should work just fine and would operate much faster as well.