Andrew Mawson wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Yeah. As usual what the OP really wants only emerges after a load of
wasted suggestions

I really do think the requirement was clearly stated in the original
post. Perhaps you missed that one ?

Andrew


I'm going to admit that I was a bit confused, although that is probably
obvious by now :-) I thought you just wanted to get some data off the
old PC, for importing into new software on the new PC. I didn't realise
you planned to run the same OS and software on the new one, too. But
yes, it seems clear enough now. If the software drives a specialised
controller, I don't think you can communicate with it from a VM. If it
uses standard connectors that already exist on the new PC, there's a
chance you can. If you are able to run it in a VM, then you can use
folder sharing for the data transfer.