Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same com "davidkolden" <davidkolden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A3DB732A-57FB-4206-9F3D-7FE7553AA044@microsoft.com... > > -- > Thanks, > > DavidKolden Please don't rely on subject titles to contain all information. Programs, particularly ones of any complexity, ususally can't be moved; they have to be uninstalled and reinstalled in the desired location. The reason is that there are many, many, many registry references that you have no hope of modifying correctly. Data, on the other hand, can be easily moved. HTH -pk
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same com davidkolden wrote: > Can you clarify what it is you are trying to do? If it is to move where installed applications are 'installed to' - you will, in most cases, need to uninstall and install them afresh in their new location. If it is to install a new hard disk drive to replace an old one - you can use an imaging application (sometimes provided with the new hard disk drive) to clone your system from one drive to another. However - without more information - those are just general suggestions based on what little you have provided thus far. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Erik Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same com On Aug 14, 10:50 pm, davidkolden <davidkol...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > -- > Thanks, > > DavidKolden Could you elaborate?
Guest Bob I Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on samecom Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on samecom Use this area to pose your question? davidkolden wrote:
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same com On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:50:00 -0700, davidkolden <davidkolden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: In the future, please ask your question in the body of the message. It's very easy to overlook the subject line, and long subject lines frequently get shortened by people's newsreaders, as yours did above. So I don't completely understand what you are asking. In general, moving data is easy. Just do it. If you have a problem doing it, please explain exactly what it is. In general moving programs is not possible. Because installed programs have many pointers to them, in the registry and elsewhere, you can generally not do this (except for a very occasional tiny self-contained program). There is software that purports to search out all these references and change them for you, such as COA.exe. I've tried such programs in the past and found them to be considerably less than perfect. I don't recommend trying this; the best thing to do is to uninstall, then reinstall the programs from their original media. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest davidkolden Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same -- Thanks, DavidKolden "Erik" wrote: > On Aug 14, 10:50 pm, davidkolden > <davidkol...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > DavidKolden > > Could you elaborate? > >
Guest davidkolden Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same I purchased a new 160 G hard drive and I wanted to transfer everything from my old hard internal drive to the new external hard drive. I can/will uninstall the programs and reinstall them on the new hard drive. I will transfer other files. Then I want to reformat the old hard drive. You have helped me. But not being tech savvie person, I may need some step by step help. -- Thanks, DavidKolden "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:50:00 -0700, davidkolden > <davidkolden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > In the future, please ask your question in the body of the message. > It's very easy to overlook the subject line, and long subject lines > frequently get shortened by people's newsreaders, as yours did above. > > So I don't completely understand what you are asking. > > In general, moving data is easy. Just do it. If you have a problem > doing it, please explain exactly what it is. > > In general moving programs is not possible. Because installed programs > have many pointers to them, in the registry and elsewhere, you can > generally not do this (except for a very occasional tiny > self-contained program). > > There is software that purports to search out all these references and > change them for you, such as COA.exe. I've tried such programs in the > past and found them to be considerably less than perfect. I don't > recommend trying this; the best thing to do is to uninstall, then > reinstall the programs from their original media. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same Re: help move programs and files from internal hard drive on same On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:22:03 -0700, davidkolden <davidkolden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I purchased a new 160 G hard drive and I wanted to transfer everything from > my old hard internal drive to the new external hard drive. I can/will > uninstall the programs and reinstall them on the new hard drive. I will > transfer other files. Then I want to reformat the old hard drive. > > You have helped me. But not being tech savvie person, I may need some step > by step help. The fact that one drive is internal and the other external is irrelevant. You simply want to copy files from one drive to another. You can do it by copy and paste or you can do it by drag and drop. Here's one way, using copy and paste: 1. Open My Computer and go to the old hard drive. Click on the first folder you want to transfer. Then in turn, hold down the Ctrl key and click on each other folder you want to transfer. When you are done you will have selected everything you want to transfer. Now press Ctrl-C to copy it. 2. In My Computer, navigate to the new drive. If there's nothing on the drive, click in the empty window. Then press Ctl-V to paste what's been copied there. > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:50:00 -0700, davidkolden > > <davidkolden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > In the future, please ask your question in the body of the message. > > It's very easy to overlook the subject line, and long subject lines > > frequently get shortened by people's newsreaders, as yours did above. > > > > So I don't completely understand what you are asking. > > > > In general, moving data is easy. Just do it. If you have a problem > > doing it, please explain exactly what it is. > > > > In general moving programs is not possible. Because installed programs > > have many pointers to them, in the registry and elsewhere, you can > > generally not do this (except for a very occasional tiny > > self-contained program). > > > > There is software that purports to search out all these references and > > change them for you, such as COA.exe. I've tried such programs in the > > past and found them to be considerably less than perfect. I don't > > recommend trying this; the best thing to do is to uninstall, then > > reinstall the programs from their original media. > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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