Files of various types like game saves, mp3s, text files can be easily copied to and from the old drive but programs have to see a fresh install on the new laptop. For softwares of all type you have to start fresh all over again to see new program folders created as well as the new entries in an entirely different system registry.
If those programs were preinstalled and came along with the old laptop... oops! you won't have a way to see those reinstalled fresh. Even for those added later you would still need the software disks or downloads to see them back again.
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