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From: moon on 7 Apr 2010 12:38 I have a 32-bit computer using Windows XP Pro and I have two externaol hard drives with a lot of important information. When I get a new computer, 64-bit with Windows 7, will I be able to use the data currently stored on my external hard drives with the new 64 bit computer using Windows 7? Thank you.
From: MarkusSchaber on 8 Apr 2010 02:39 Hi, On 7 Apr., 18:38, moon <m...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have a 32-bit computer using Windows XP Pro and I have two externaol hard > drives with a lot of important information. When I get a new computer, 64-bit > with Windows 7, will I be able to use the data currently stored on my > external hard drives with the new 64 bit computer using Windows 7? I'd say: 99% yes. If your external hard drives use standard connectors like USB or eSATA, and are formatted using FAT or NTFS, you can just plug them into your Windows 7 PC, and access the files as before. But you need to install the applications to open your data files on Windows 7. While most Windows XP software runs on Windows 7 (or updated versions which do are available), there are some corner cases. Nearly all of them may be solved by either use different software products which are capable of opening those files, or by virtualizing your existing XP installation and running it from inside your Windows 7. But explaining this further is far beyond the scope of your question, and - additionally - your question is not on topic in this group (which is for software developers which have issues when using the DotNet (.NET) programming framework). HTH, Markus
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