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Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One
« on: April 09, 2009, 08:31:29 PM »
I just bought a new hard drive and need to be able to move some of my programs over to the new drive. I have an external hard drive that i moved all of my files onto and have moved those onto the new drive. However I have programs that I need to move over.

Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions. :-)

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Re: Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 08:55:26 PM »
The general answer is No.
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Leo: Can I transfer my Programs?

But there is a way to do it in some cases.
I have meeting to go to right now. maybe somebody else can give you a better response.

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Re: Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 12:53:38 AM »
Rissachio - Welcome to the CH forums.

Apart from the legal ramifications only programs which are portable (are not installed) can be copied from one disk to another and still work.   A program installer may/will install data in other locations such as the Registry, these entries will not be copied with the program therefore the program will/may not run.

It's always best to re-install software.

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    Re: Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One
    « Reply #3 on: April 10, 2009, 03:12:42 AM »
    It depends if they're reliant on the Registry or not. If not then you should be able to move them over, if yes, then no, you'll have to reinstall them.

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    Re: Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One
    « Reply #4 on: April 10, 2009, 04:15:20 AM »
    The long way to do it would be to backup everything onto your external HD and (providing there is backup software with it) copy everything back to your new hard drive. Then off course you could download ERUNT, backup the registry, and then copy that over to the new hard drive.

    But, as was mentioned already, the option would be to...

    It's always best to re-install software.

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    Re: Moving Files From Old Drive to a New One
    « Reply #5 on: April 10, 2009, 07:54:12 AM »
    DLoad the FREE diagnostic utilities from the NEW drive manuf. site...
    Follow the instructions to create a bootable CD/DVD...
    Power down and hook up the new drive as a slave...
    Boot to the CD you created and use the tools to "clone" the old drive to the new drive...
    Power down.
    Remove the old drive and connect the new one as master...
    Remove the CD and boot up.

    Bingo !
    Your old stuff is now booting on the new HDD.
    After running for a week or so making sure everything works you can then install the old drive as a slave, format it and use it for additional storage...

    Estimated time: 45 minutes to an hour.
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