>Hi everybody,
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>Ok, my laptop disk failed. I don't really have a backup or an image.
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>Anyway, I got another laptop which originally belonged to another user who left the company. And I also got a new disk where Windows 7 is currently being installed the first time.
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>The laptop from that user has Office 2013 installed, I configured Outlook today. It also has Team Viewer. It has SQL Server 2008 R2 installed for which I don't know passwords. And I installed Visual FoxPro today with SP2 and applying latest hotfix now.
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>So, the question is - do I continue with that laptop from another user and adjust for me or install everything from scratch on my original laptop with the new disk?
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>What would you chose?

The other user's former laptop (OUFL) is not trustworthy, you can't use that.

Whichever is the faster machine, use that. If it's the other user's, wipe it and start from scratch. If it's yours, start from scratch with the new disk.

If your boss complains about wiping OUFL, tell him/her it's standard practice in most corporate environments.