I'm sure his has been asked before but..... I have a very old (9 yrs) laptop that is no longer serviceable so I have to replace it. Due to some old programs I need to run (designed for Windows 95 but run fine under Windows 7) I am running 2 drives. The internal drive runs W10 for day to day use, when I need the old programs, I boot off of the second drive (replaced the CD drive. This has worked fine for years.
My question is... As no laptops have CD drives anymore, I have seen that you can use a USB adapter for a second bootable drive which is fine but, if I'm running on the second drive and I were to pick up some sort of virus, could it instantly infect the internal drive? My concern is that anti virus software or the W7 drive does not compare in anyway to what you get with W10 so I want to limit my exposure as much as possible.
Thanks in advance for any advise.
My question is... As no laptops have CD drives anymore, I have seen that you can use a USB adapter for a second bootable drive which is fine but, if I'm running on the second drive and I were to pick up some sort of virus, could it instantly infect the internal drive? My concern is that anti virus software or the W7 drive does not compare in anyway to what you get with W10 so I want to limit my exposure as much as possible.
Thanks in advance for any advise.