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calebchristie · 10-19-2006, 08:44 AM

Okay I've searched around and have found some good advice and I'm not really clear so I'm just going to ask and I apologize for bringing up what is probably a stale topic.

I have a laptop that is full of everything I need. The problem is... is that I need the data as well as the programs from this laptop but it needs to go in for a repair that will take possibly a month. I have the exact same laptop but it doesn't have anything on it. I also have an external hard drive. The two laptops have 60gigs and my external is 80gigs. Is it possible to mirror the laptop's drive that is going in for repair onto the external and use it as a bootable drive through the other laptop and be able to start up programs etc? Alternativeley... can I swap the hard drives and be confident that all would be well? Please let me know if you have any advice. Thank you! - Caleb

10-19-2006, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
calebchristie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP	Laptop to USB and Back to Laptop Okay I've searched around and have found some good advice and I'm not really clear so I'm just going to ask and I apologize for bringing up what is probably a stale topic. I have a laptop that is full of everything I need. The problem is... is that I need the data as well as the programs from this laptop but it needs to go in for a repair that will take possibly a month. I have the exact same laptop but it doesn't have anything on it. I also have an external hard drive. The two laptops have 60gigs and my external is 80gigs. Is it possible to mirror the laptop's drive that is going in for repair onto the external and use it as a bootable drive through the other laptop and be able to start up programs etc? Alternativeley... can I swap the hard drives and be confident that all would be well? Please let me know if you have any advice. Thank you! - Caleb