>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>Ok, my laptop disk failed. I don't really have a backup or an image.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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?
>>>
>>>What would you chose?
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>>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.
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>>If your boss complains about wiping OUFL, tell him/her it's standard practice in most corporate environments.
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>
>Looks like they are pretty close in configuration.
>
>This is the OUFL
>
>OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
>Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
>Other OS Description Not Available
>OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
>System Name DUSTY
>System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
>System Model Precision M4500
>System Type x64-based PC
>Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 840 @ 1.87GHz, 1867 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
>BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A12, 7/30/2012
>SMBIOS Version 2.6
>Windows Directory C:\Windows
>System Directory C:\Windows\system32
>Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
>Locale United States
>Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
>User Name dusty\Joaquin
>Time Zone Central Standard Time
>Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
>Total Physical Memory 7.99 GB
>Available Physical Memory 4.85 GB
>Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
>Available Virtual Memory 11.7 GB
>Page File Space 7.99 GB
>Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Assuming similar CPU and RAM, the bottleneck usually ends up being the hard drive. With magnetic drives, at the same rotational speed larger drives are usually faster. SSDs fastest of all but tend to be lower capacity.