Thread: Desktop To Laptop

Originally Posted by rob34

I'm about to get a laptop to replace the desktop pc i have(space saving issue). First, whats a good one for under 350 quid. Its not for anything fancy, just general home use.
Second, can i transfer all my stuff from my pc harddrive to the new laptop.
Third, I have a security package that i installed a couple of months ago.(one off annual subscription).Can this be transfered across too?

Many thanks

From the pc nuby

Unfortunately Desktop Replacement laptops (that is laptops that provide almost the same functionality as desktop PCs) aren't cheap so for that money you'll be hard pressed to find one but of course you can by a perfectly good lesser laptop for that kind of cash.

You can also take a copy of your whole system that you're currently using and copy that to your new laptop. This will basically copy your entire hard drive and stick it on your new machine, however you'll need to use sysprep from Ms to change drivers so it'll work with different hardware.

Originally Posted by rob34

You completely lost me though on the part about "sysprep ms" or something or other???????

Thanks for your patience

Well, instead of simply copying your data files (the contents of My Documents) onto a disk and transferring them to your new system and perhaps using "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" to install the setup of your old system onto your new system you can copy the files, settings and whole OS at once, creating a single image file of your entire hard drive. The only problem with this is the drivers installed in your current machine will not be the same drivers needed on your new computer hence you need to use Sysprep which is a Microsoft tool designed to change the drivers, accounts etc. The reason I'm going through all of this is for your third question about your security app. If you copy the whole HDD I wouldn't expect you to see any problems with continuing to use that.


Individual laptop recommendations are, I'm afraid, beyond my knowledge as I've never bought one so I'll leave that to the other members.