How can I load programs from my old hard drive onto the new one

Sharbysyd · 05-14-2008, 08:18 PM

Back in November, our hard drive was corrupted and my brother was able to put in a new one in addition to the old one. The new drive is the main drive and the other drive is still there. I still have some programs on my old drive which I don't know how to go about getting to work on my new hard drive. The new drive has a partition for programs (C) and a data section (D). The old drive is (G).

Can someone tell me how I can get the programs transferred and working on the new drive? I have misplaced some of the disks and instead of looking for them for hours, I'd like to be able to just transfer them. Do I just move the .exe files or is there a way to reinstall?

Thanks for any helpful info.

cohen · 05-14-2008, 10:05 PM

you can't do that - you have to reinstall the programs into the OS on the new hard drive

Sharbysyd · 05-14-2008, 11:56 PM

Oh, well. I had hoped that I could. Thanks for the info.

05-14-2008, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sharbysyd New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Western New York Age: 46 Posts: 2	How can I load programs from my old hard drive onto the new one Back in November, our hard drive was corrupted and my brother was able to put in a new one in addition to the old one. The new drive is the main drive and the other drive is still there. I still have some programs on my old drive which I don't know how to go about getting to work on my new hard drive. The new drive has a partition for programs (C) and a data section (D). The old drive is (G). Can someone tell me how I can get the programs transferred and working on the new drive? I have misplaced some of the disks and instead of looking for them for hours, I'd like to be able to just transfer them. Do I just move the .exe files or is there a way to reinstall? Thanks for any helpful info.

05-14-2008, 10:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 4,755	you can't do that - you have to reinstall the programs into the OS on the new hard drive __________________ View My website User Name - cf Password - computer My Computer Specs My Computer Pics E-mail Me MSN Mac vs PC (Has swearing)

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05-14-2008, 11:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sharbysyd New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Western New York Age: 46 Posts: 2	Oh, well. I had hoped that I could. Thanks for the info.