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Bill_S_1
Explorer
Feb 18, 2015

Can old laptop hard drive appear as 2nd drive on new lapop?

My old WinXP (Toshiba) laptop, which I really like better than the new Win7 Dell, has a few poblems. It's 9 years old, and I think the screen has gone out. The computer works on an extenal vga monitor...
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strollin
Explorer
Feb 18, 2015
You could certainly use the external drive to access any data you have on it but accessing or moving the programs to the new Win 7 computer is problematic.

There is software out there (LapLink PCMover) that claims it can do it. I've never used it myself but understand it is hit or miss as to what programs it can successfully move.

You would be much better of re-installing your programs.

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