Backup advice please
Hi all,
My 4 y.o. laptop has developed a charging problem, the charging icon flashes on and off, the 19 volt plug to the lappy gets hot and not a lot battery charging happening. There is a problem with the internal charging circuit. Time for a new computer..
Other than the obvious, photo's, documents etc etc, what other data/ files should I make sure I backup? The harddrive (40Gb) is fine.
If I buy a new laptop, is it possible/ straight forward to transfer the entire contents of the old one to the new harddrive to make an exact replica of my existing machine? I'm happy with what I already have and its performance (Win XP SP2) since I only write documents and surf the web. I don't want to go with Vista.
Any advice appreciated,
Cheers
Octane