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Originally Posted by sixto
HD is 12-18 months old. 24" monitor helps my lousy eyes... or maybe caused them to be lousy. Scheduling software was written for XP and updated for Win 7; not Mac OS compatible but I know folks who run it on Macs. And, yup, this PC is a server for the scheduling software which is accessed by another PC or two on a local network and externally through Hamachi.
To highlight my ignorance, can I get a new PC with Win 7 on its HD then add this HD with all its applications and data? I'm pretty sure the data would be accessible but the applications have to be reinstalled. What are the pros and cons of having the OS on a separate drive? Seems like some applications don't give the installer the option to install anywhere but the boot drive or partition.
Sixto
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You can add your HD to the new PC (it's likely to be a SATA drive anyway) but you won't be able to access the programs. They will have to be reinstalled on the new PC. You will be able to access the data that is on the drive.
IMHO, 3GB of RAM is fine for a general-purpose win7 machine using it as you described. Nothing you're doing is going to hit the RAM or the CPU very hard anyway.