I forgot to add, you should now have one very large C: drive. The rather confusing D: drive having been "disappeared".
Whilst the HDD was in a parlous state, if you're missing data from your other backups, or want to do research on what you had, until/unless it dies it will remain accessible if you put it in the caddy and read it. (I suspect it will prompt you to "take ownership" (you can) at various levels if you try, and if it's a big folder this can hang for a bit. (It's the NTFS security settings that won't initially recognise you as the current owner.)
In addition, you need to consider how much (if any) of the Lenovo "systemware" you want to put back on - the machine is unlikely to critically require any of it - I only re-installed Lenovo System Update on mine, it is little-used, and I don't think it looks like Lenovo are issuing much for your laptop now anyway.
And, if you want to keep abreast of what the SSD is doing, (It's an MX500 isn't it) you might want to download this, and install it:
uk.crucial.com/content/dam/crucial/support/storage-executive-win-64.zip
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