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It boils down to luck a lot of the time. That said, I've had plenty of applications that copy just fine with just folders, as they recreate registry variables o
by pseudonym 16y ago
It boils down to luck a lot of the time. That said, I've had plenty of applications that copy just fine with just folders, as they recreate registry variables on the next load. If you grab the Program Files folder, the C:\Users\$USER\ folder, and create the same $USER on his new computer, I'd be willing to bet you're going to get most of it working with no problem.
Naturally, a complete disk duplication would be preferable, but "heavily damaged" covers a lot of ground. If it's not reliable enough to stay up long enough to make a reliable disk image...
- TallGuyShort 16y agoBy heavily damaged I mean the screen is almost completely destroyed. Sounds like it works enough to open up explorer and copy files to a disk or maybe run some software I'm familiar with, but the disk itself is not damaged. Thank you for comment - sounds like a direct copy is at least worth a try. Thank you!
- andymoe 16y agoI am really doubtful this is going to work with intuit software or MS office but best of luck...