That's because you can't do it that way. A program needs to be installed to the drive, not just copied there. There are registry settings that need to be set, and just copying the files off the old drive will not accomplish this. Also when you install a program it may also need to copy system files to the Windows/system folder and once again copying the program from the old drive will not accomplish this.
So, you're stuck with re-installing all of your software from the original install disks. Later, Ray Parrish Dennis Baecht wrote: > > The fan on my power supply went bad so I shut my old computer down > before it fried anything. I have a new computer and have installed the > old hardrive in the new computer. I need to move everything over to the > new hardrive from the old one. They both have win xp. There is nothing > on the new drive that I need. > The question is, what is the best way to accomplish my goal. I tied > moving a minor program from old to new and tried to run the .exe but it > didn't work. > > -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
