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On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 14:02, Murray Freeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm well aware that if I purchase a new computer, it most likely will come
> with Windows 7 installed. I would like to be able to easily and quickly
> retain all my existing files and programs, and I know that I can't just move
> my old hard disk drive into the new machine and make it drive 0 and be up
> and running without some work. So, I'm thinking about just adding my old
> drive as drive "D" on the new machine and running the old programs off of
> that drive. I can always move files and non-program stuff to the new drive,
> or to a 2nd partition on the new drive but to reinstall my old programs will
> be a pain. Will my approach work? Also, if I choose to get a laptop to
> replace my old desktop, since I won't be able to install my old hard drive
> from my old desktop computer, can I just partition the drive and then do an
> image copy to the 2nd partition without any real issues?
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