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tengo sueño
31 Jan 10 11:37
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Hie, i have an old laptop whose battery has basically gone so it just keeps switching off. It won't startup on mains power alone neither (maybe i could change some settings?)

I was wondering if there was a way of getting some of my programs from old to new laptop? I installed the progs (dreamweaver and other web creation progs) a long time ago so dont know where the installation cd's are now :(

any help or ideas on starting up from mains or transfering the data appreciated

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By:
The Magic Flea
When: 31 Jan 10 11:40
one you manage to start it up you can trandfer the programmes with a memory (usb) stick
By:
tengo sueño
When: 31 Jan 10 11:42
i thought that only worked with files etc not programs??
By:
The Magic Flea
When: 31 Jan 10 11:43
programmes are files
By:
tengo sueño
When: 31 Jan 10 11:44
ok will give it a go
By:
Andy Murray
When: 31 Jan 10 11:45
most programs need to edit your registry, so a simpy copy over the program wont work, as the necessary amendments havent been made..

you could try booting up your laptop from your old hard drive
By:
tengo sueño
When: 31 Jan 10 11:55
that's what i thought. otherwise i'd just copy and paste office or vista or something right!?

and what do u mean by boot from old laptop? (And it works fine btw, just that it doesnt stay on for long so practically can't use it)

If i could run it as a desktop (direct from mains) then i would..but it seems to look for battery power when only on mains and switches off after a short while.
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Andy Murray
When: 31 Jan 10 12:05
i meant trying moving the harddrive to the new laptop
By:
tengo sueño
When: 31 Jan 10 12:15
that's beyond my scope, but thanks for the help anyway :)
By:
speedypro
When: 31 Jan 10 12:39
You can get adapters from Maplin and the like to connect on to any hard drive and plug in to a new computers usb port. You can then access the old drive as if it were a memory stick and run program from there.
By:
sparkmaster.
When: 31 Jan 10 13:24
good advice above.

Not Magic Flea's, obviously :-)
By:
cunnybobbler
When: 31 Jan 10 13:27
best bet is to take the hard drive out, buy a hard drive enclosure (about a fiver on amazon) and use it as an external hard drive as an when needed.
By:
cunnybobbler
When: 31 Jan 10 13:33
http://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Enclosure-Laptop-Drive-Powered/dp/B001EEQQ8Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264948286&sr=8-2

i bought this one and it works fine. obviously only fits 2.5 inch sata drives so if that isnt the drive in your old laptop its no use.
By:
Ovalman.
When: 31 Jan 10 13:39
I discovered this earlier if you don't have the CD key for any of your programmes (great if you have Windows pre installed onto your machine):

http://magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
By:
tengo sueño
When: 31 Jan 10 14:19
old laptop is hp pavillion zv5000 so i assume it has a 2.5 inch drive?
thnks a lot btw
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