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"If by software you mean installed applications or games, you will have to install them on your new laptop.\nLikewise, you will have to start from scratch with settings etc.\n\nCreating a system image (which includes the OS) on your existing laptop is not the answer at all.\nThe OS from your existing laptop will not run on your new one.\nA system image is only valid for using on the same PC on which it was created (for example, when the HDD has had to be replaced)."
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