Vista died

Almost a year ago, I hooked up a WD Elements 1TB to the old Vista computer and I believe it was backing up once a week. Now the Vista has died. How do I access the data on the WD Elements? I have a lapop Windows -7.
Thanks in advance.

Hello,

You can connect the WD Elements to your Windows 7 computer, access the drive normally from Windows explorer and see if you are able to transfer the backup files to your computer.

If you were backing up using Windows backup and restore, take a look at the link below:

Thanks!