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.
Another problem is that somewhere along the line, the Fn key (function key) has quit working; probably a missing or corrupted driver, but I don't know how to find or fix that. It's more an annoyance that anything. Being 9-10 years old, it's much slower than the new one, but I still actually prefer using the old one. Keyboard just so much better that the Dell.
Installed larger H.D. a few years ago, and it now has many business and personal software programs, which I need, and some may not be available to install on another computer.
So I was wondering if I removed the hard drive, and mounted it in an external USB-connectable case, if I could use it an external drive to the new Dell; say drive "E:" or whatever.
Is that feasable, or is it possible to move applications (programs) from the old drive under WinXP, to the new one which is Win7?
Another problem is that somewhere along the line, the Fn key (function key) has quit working; probably a missing or corrupted driver, but I don't know how to find or fix that. It's more an annoyance that anything. Being 9-10 years old, it's much slower than the new one, but I still actually prefer using the old one. Keyboard just so much better that the Dell.
Installed larger H.D. a few years ago, and it now has many business and personal software programs, which I need, and some may not be available to install on another computer.
So I was wondering if I removed the hard drive, and mounted it in an external USB-connectable case, if I could use it an external drive to the new Dell; say drive "E:" or whatever.
Is that feasable, or is it possible to move applications (programs) from the old drive under WinXP, to the new one which is Win7?
