Applications not recognised/working after installing new drive

py2006 · 30-03-2010 3:49pm #1

Hi all,

I recently purchased a new hard drive. It is working fine and I have my original hard drive still installed. (Now my

drive)

However, all the applications I installed on previous drive don't seem to work or need to be reinstalled on new drive.

For example, when I navigate to a particular application on my

drive and double-click to launch it, it either doesn't recognise it or wants to install it again on C: drive.

Is there anything I can do here?

EDIT: Just tried launching a game on Steam and its looking for serial number even though its already fully installed on

drive!

Overheal · 30-03-2010 4:30pm

You cant... just.... -

long story short - you need to reinstall all of your programs. All of your programs are installed with settings which assume they reside in the C:\ Drive, and now they do not. They need to be reinstalled so they will correctly believe they are installed in

\ not C:\

Biggins · 30-03-2010 4:56pm

There is a tool in "Partition Magic" that will change the original assigned "C" drive installed apps and move them to an assign of "D" - but you would have to purchase the application to do this.
There might be alternative tools but generally such tools do a broad sweep/change for all installed apps, rather than allow you to do each one individually.

There is an individual manual way to do it but you REALLY have to know your stuff - and if your unsure at all - you must NOT try it.
(do more damage than good, etc...)

py2006 · 30-03-2010 5:05pm

I thought maybe I could un-install the software from the original drive but none of them are showing when I go into control panel to uninstall software! Which makes sense to me now after what you said.

I guess I could just backup important files and then format the drive and then install the software again on new drive!

Applications not recognised/working after installing new drive

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