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 From:  paul   13 Jan 2021 17:22 
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Greetings!

Thanks to my wife introducing wine to her laptop I am charged with sourcing a new laptop and then replicating the old onto the new.

What is the simplest method for transfer (of /everything/) please?
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 From:  Dave!!   13 Jan 2021 18:23 
 To:  paul      2 of 14 
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What state is the old laptop in? Will it power up still? If not, you'll need to check and see what type of hard drive it has and if it is removable or not.
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 From:  paul   13 Jan 2021 18:57 
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It's a Lenovo 510, semi functional but wine stuck keys - winkey in particular - prevent me from doing much with it...
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 From:  Dave!!   13 Jan 2021 19:26 
 To:  paul      4 of 14 
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OK, if it boots and is on the network, you may be able to access the C$ share from another laptop. This will give you access to the entire C drive. Should then be fairly straightforward to access your wife's profile and copy the files across. Applications will have to be reinstalled unfortunately. If you can't access the C$ share, maybe plug in an external keyboard and use that to share the folders you want to copy across?
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 From:  paul   13 Jan 2021 20:54 
 To:  Dave!!      5 of 14 
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Cheers Dave!!

I tried a Bluetooth keyboard with null effect, got the virtual keyboard up and can see the winkey is permanently depressed, I may try a USB keyboard and try to disable the onboard keyboard, hopefully it'll do the trick...
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)   13 Jan 2021 23:02 
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Simplest would be remove the hard-drive and put it in a USB enclosure, but if you had one you'd probably be doing that already. I've found cheaper ones unreliable, so if you're going to buy one check the reviews and err on side of better quality.

If disconnecting the keyboard doesn't work, perhaps a live Linux USB can get you in and might not care about Super key being permanently pressed.

 
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 From:  Manthorp   14 Jan 2021 09:53 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)      7 of 14 
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BP speaks sense; but maybe first try removing the drive from both lappies and stick the old drive straight into the new one. It probably won't have the drivers to boot, but it'll take little time and do no harm to try.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
 
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 From:  koswix   14 Jan 2021 10:10 
 To:  paul      8 of 14 
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Got a USB keyboard to plug in?

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 From:  paul   14 Jan 2021 14:02 
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I have one /somewhere safe/...
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 From:  koswix   14 Jan 2021 16:24 
 To:  paul      10 of 14 
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Might make things easier for copying off!


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jedel-Standard-Keyboard-Optical-Bundle/dp/B076YY5L8P/

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 From:  paul   14 Jan 2021 21:32 
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Cheers!
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 From:  paul   15 Jan 2021 14:59 
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I did write a fairly lengthy reply but seemingly the emoji after cheers excluded the rest of the message...

:'(
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 From:  koswix   15 Jan 2021 19:17 
 To:  paul      13 of 14 
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d'oh!

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   21 Jan 2021 11:41 
 To:  paul      14 of 14 
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Did you type something bad about Peter? Filter.
"If you read his [Biden’s inaugural] speech and listen to it carefully, much of it is thinly-veiled innuendo calling us White supremacists, calling us racists, calling us every name in the book, calling us people who don't tell the truth." – Rand Paul
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