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Laptop to Desktop hard drive transfer

by KeepYourEyeOnTheBall / July 20, 2013 4:51 AM PDT

Right. I have a dead laptop which will not come on at all. I want to copy its' hard drive onto a new hard drive on a desktop PC.

What's the easiest way of doing this?

Please explain in the simplest way possible

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Unlikely.

by R. Proffitt Forum moderator / July 20, 2013 5:03 AM PDT

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While you could put it in as a second HDD and copy stuff over, your post sounds as if you want the OS and apps. That would be no.
Bob

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