Diagnostic Laptop Computer Question

[tempest411]

Hello,

Although I haven't even purchased one of these SUVs yet, I'm preparing a laptop to run INPA (and the other stuff associated with it). I purchased a refurbished Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 with Windows XP on it, though I've come to find the vendor that seems to have the best version of INPA says I will need Windows 7 or 10. As the hard drive on the CF-30 pops out and can be exchanged as easily as a CD, I'm thinking I can just get another hard drive with Windows 7 on it and then load INPA on to it. Does anyone have any idea that this will work? The vendor for the spare hard drive says it will (of course). Everything else hardware related about this laptop suggests it should work fine. I don't want to wipe or partition the hard drive I have as I need XP for some diagnostic software for a Mercedes and an Audi that I have that require it.

Thank you,

Rick