SillyDog701

[jaybird53]

I had a fire recently and my computer is no longer considered stable. In the fire I lost all of my original software installation disc. My old computer boots up and I can gain acess to it, I will purchase a new computer and I would like to know how do I get some of the old programs from the old HD to the new fully functional HD legally without causing any conflicts and with the applications actually working. It seems to me that there should be a way that I can do this.

jaybird53

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[Antony]

In this case, the easiest way is to put the old HDD in your new computer.

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[profman]

In this case, the easiest way is to put the old HDD in your new computer.

I've been told that, if you attempt to boot up an old HD on a new PC system, there is a good chance that the system will crash or freeze. This is due to the different hardware that the system must try to adapt to as it boots up that first time. There would probably be a good chance that, if the system boots up, that it will be unstable anyway. Of course, you're free to try this approach. It would be nice if it worked.

You could possibly access data files if this HD were installed as a 2nd HD on the new system, although you could copy those in any other conventional manner.

There is one product out there, AlohaBob PC Relocator, that pretends to transfer stuff from an old system to a new one, but I do not recommend it (with a name like "Aloha Bob"?!). Users of this software either love it or hate it. I have avoided the product and have no experience with it.

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[Antony]

There's an application called Carbon Copy Cloner, which would allow you to backup entire system (including preference files), allows you to transfer entire system to a larger HDD. Best of all, free.
However it is for Mac OS X.
I have no idea if there's any similar application available for Windows.

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