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Bill_S_1
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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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BobKrogstie
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Feb 18, 2015
I have successfully used the Sabrent model EC-TB4P 2.5" SATA hard drive/SSD to USB 3.0 enclosure to attach my old SSD drive to my new laptop. My new Win8.1 laptop assigned a drive letter for me. I was able to copy everything I wanted from my old SSD. As far as copying programs, if the program you want to copy is a single executable file (e.g., myprog.exe), then yes but most programs in the last 10 - 15 years contain many files that must be "installed".

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