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Shafticus

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Running Programs on Another Hard Drive
« on: October 05, 2004, 07:06:46 PM »
I recently purchased a 160 GB drive w/ an external case and installed it.  I was wondering if how I can move program files (namely games) from my old drive and still have them show up on My Programs and have them work when I enter the CD.  Is there any way?  Thanks.
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    Re: Running Programs on Another Hard Drive
    « Reply #1 on: October 06, 2004, 02:21:53 AM »
    It is best to uninstall them and re-install selecting the new drive as the location to install them at the setup prompt - This will set them up properly and will show them in My programs.

    If you just move them to the new drive this can often cause a lot of problems with directory paths and the Registry.

    « Last Edit: October 06, 2004, 04:38:00 AM by mektek »
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    Re: Running Programs on Another Hard Drive
    « Reply #2 on: October 06, 2004, 02:28:12 PM »
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    I recently purchased a 160 GB drive w/ an external case and installed it.  I was wondering if how I can move program files (namely games) from my old drive and still have them show up on My Programs and have them work when I enter the CD.  Is there any way?  Thanks.


    It is not adviseable to install programs on an external hard drive.  They may fail to operate properly and could be a lot slower than you desire.
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