how to access external drive as C:?

[BobMCT]

Gents;
I have an application (turbotax, actually) on my failed laptop's hdd which I have copied to a NAS using windows explorer (the entire drive to a folder).

Thanks to our friendly IRS I now have a need to actually work with that program again to retrieve some tax information that was entered.

Is there a way that I can access the NAS drive but trick the program/PC into thinking that its actually the C: drive for the purpose of running that program and accessing the data?

Or does someone know where the config file(s) are for Turbotax for 2006 are located?

Thanks, all. The IRS is counting on you!!!

 

[G0AOZ]

Not familiar with Turbotax at all...

I'm assuming you no longer have the install disks for Turbotax, otherwise you could presumably just reinstall it on the running machine and pull data files across from the NAS.

Have you tried copying across all the Turbtax folders and files into similar locations on your running C: drive? I doubt that would work, but it's worth a try. Most applications these days start with an installation process which creates specific folders, places files within the Windows and System32 folders, and writes entries into the Registry.

Do you still have the laptop's HDD? Could you get the same make/model of laptop, off e-bay for instance? Or, it might be worth the effort to try and get it going in its own right in your current machine. You will have a lot of driver issues, but just possible you might get it to boot. If you're going down that route I'd make a clone of it as well so you can have several shots at it, assuming this programme and its data is ultra important to you...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[Davetoo]

Install the latest version and odds are the data files will be stored in the same or similar location on the old version.

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