My ancient XP laptop is (probably) dying. The screen has lots of vertical lines on it (so I have a separate monitor). The hard drive is starting to creak, etc.
So I have bought a "refurbished" XP laptop as a replacement. I need this to run my scanners (which won't run under WinX), to run some of my old programs such as genealogy (which also won't run under WinX), and to take with me to give "slide show" talks. My desktop WinX (spit) I use for "everything else", including internet use.
I don't store much data, and transfer that (to & from the Desktop) by USB memory stick.
Question:- How can I transfer all the programs across ?
Yes, I know - by finding (Ha !) all the original diskettes. tedious, or what ?
Can I connect them by a cross-linked cable ? Or would Macrium's Reflect do the job ?
What do you suggest ?
So I have bought a "refurbished" XP laptop as a replacement. I need this to run my scanners (which won't run under WinX), to run some of my old programs such as genealogy (which also won't run under WinX), and to take with me to give "slide show" talks. My desktop WinX (spit) I use for "everything else", including internet use.
I don't store much data, and transfer that (to & from the Desktop) by USB memory stick.
Question:- How can I transfer all the programs across ?
Yes, I know - by finding (Ha !) all the original diskettes. tedious, or what ?
Can I connect them by a cross-linked cable ? Or would Macrium's Reflect do the job ?
What do you suggest ?