Hello, please bear in mind I have very little knowledge of things computer,
thanks’.
My PC XP/SP2 has a hard drive about to die, I have heard the sounds before;
the 'arm' snaps off at the centre. I have a laptop XP/SP2 and I want to
transfer my programmes and files but not the OS from one too the other by
USB. (The CD burner has already packed up on the PC) Two questions:
1, is the plan possible?
2, will I need a computer engineer’s degree?
Thank you for your help, in words of one syllable if poss.

1) you can transfer data but not programs

"Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4CAD4DCA-1312-452F-B284-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello, please bear in mind I have very little knowledge of things
computer,
> thanks'.
> My PC XP/SP2 has a hard drive about to die, I have heard the sounds
before;
> the 'arm' snaps off at the centre. I have a laptop XP/SP2 and I want to
> transfer my programmes and files but not the OS from one too the other by
> USB. (The CD burner has already packed up on the PC) Two questions:
> 1, is the plan possible?
> 2, will I need a computer engineer's degree?
> Thank you for your help, in words of one syllable if poss.
>
>

Thank's for that DL, if I plug in the cable when what? the thing with the
programs; the only one's I need are the buy and download, I can't sem to get
across that I need to download again to a different computer: I ain't paying
again, so if it cannot be done via UBS it would be cheaper to invest in crap
burner. Would that work?

"DL" wrote:

> 1) you can transfer data but not programs
>
> "Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4CAD4DCA-1312-452F-B284-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello, please bear in mind I have very little knowledge of things
> computer,
> > thanks'.
> > My PC XP/SP2 has a hard drive about to die, I have heard the sounds
> before;
> > the 'arm' snaps off at the centre. I have a laptop XP/SP2 and I want to
> > transfer my programmes and files but not the OS from one too the other by
> > USB. (The CD burner has already packed up on the PC) Two questions:
> > 1, is the plan possible?
> > 2, will I need a computer engineer's degree?
> > Thank you for your help, in words of one syllable if poss.
> >
> >
>
>
>

A program that has been installed cannot be transfered, period
If you have the setup file for that or any other program that you downloaded
you can transfer/copy that.
I have downloaded a couple of pay for apps in the past, and in each case the
download was freely available, but when you purchased they emailed a key
which was used to unlock the app

"Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5B449BF1-7A79-4E51-970E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank's for that DL, if I plug in the cable when what? the thing with the
> programs; the only one's I need are the buy and download, I can't sem to
get
> across that I need to download again to a different computer: I ain't
paying
> again, so if it cannot be done via UBS it would be cheaper to invest in
crap
> burner. Would that work?
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > 1) you can transfer data but not programs
> >
> > "Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:4CAD4DCA-1312-452F-B284-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello, please bear in mind I have very little knowledge of things
> > computer,
> > > thanks'.
> > > My PC XP/SP2 has a hard drive about to die, I have heard the sounds
> > before;
> > > the 'arm' snaps off at the centre. I have a laptop XP/SP2 and I want
to
> > > transfer my programmes and files but not the OS from one too the other
by
> > > USB. (The CD burner has already packed up on the PC) Two questions:
> > > 1, is the plan possible?
> > > 2, will I need a computer engineer's degree?
> > > Thank you for your help, in words of one syllable if poss.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Thank's again DL, seems I'll have think up a plan B. With the E-mailed keys
it's; copy-paste, start doing what you want to do, mail get's auto deleted
after blah, blah days.
See you on the dark side
D

"DL" wrote:

> A program that has been installed cannot be transfered, period
> If you have the setup file for that or any other program that you downloaded
> you can transfer/copy that.
> I have downloaded a couple of pay for apps in the past, and in each case the
> download was freely available, but when you purchased they emailed a key
> which was used to unlock the app
>
> "Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5B449BF1-7A79-4E51-970E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thank's for that DL, if I plug in the cable when what? the thing with the
> > programs; the only one's I need are the buy and download, I can't sem to
> get
> > across that I need to download again to a different computer: I ain't
> paying
> > again, so if it cannot be done via UBS it would be cheaper to invest in
> crap
> > burner. Would that work?
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> > > 1) you can transfer data but not programs
> > >
> > > "Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:4CAD4DCA-1312-452F-B284-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hello, please bear in mind I have very little knowledge of things
> > > computer,
> > > > thanks'.
> > > > My PC XP/SP2 has a hard drive about to die, I have heard the sounds
> > > before;
> > > > the 'arm' snaps off at the centre. I have a laptop XP/SP2 and I want
> to
> > > > transfer my programmes and files but not the OS from one too the other
> by
> > > > USB. (The CD burner has already packed up on the PC) Two questions:
> > > > 1, is the plan possible?
> > > > 2, will I need a computer engineer's degree?
> > > > Thank you for your help, in words of one syllable if poss.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

Ah, the importance of backing up critical data strikes again

"Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CEF4FA7B-5422-45CE-9F1B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank's again DL, seems I'll have think up a plan B. With the E-mailed
keys
> it's; copy-paste, start doing what you want to do, mail get's auto deleted
> after blah, blah days.
> See you on the dark side
> D
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > A program that has been installed cannot be transfered, period
> > If you have the setup file for that or any other program that you
downloaded
> > you can transfer/copy that.
> > I have downloaded a couple of pay for apps in the past, and in each case
the
> > download was freely available, but when you purchased they emailed a key
> > which was used to unlock the app
> >
> > "Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:5B449BF1-7A79-4E51-970E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Thank's for that DL, if I plug in the cable when what? the thing with
the
> > > programs; the only one's I need are the buy and download, I can't sem
to
> > get
> > > across that I need to download again to a different computer: I ain't
> > paying
> > > again, so if it cannot be done via UBS it would be cheaper to invest
in
> > crap
> > > burner. Would that work?
> > >
> > > "DL" wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1) you can transfer data but not programs
> > > >
> > > > "Dermot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > > news:4CAD4DCA-1312-452F-B284-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > > Hello, please bear in mind I have very little knowledge of things
> > > > computer,
> > > > > thanks'.
> > > > > My PC XP/SP2 has a hard drive about to die, I have heard the
sounds
> > > > before;
> > > > > the 'arm' snaps off at the centre. I have a laptop XP/SP2 and I
want
> > to
> > > > > transfer my programmes and files but not the OS from one too the
other
> > by
> > > > > USB. (The CD burner has already packed up on the PC) Two
questions:
> > > > > 1, is the plan possible?
> > > > > 2, will I need a computer engineer's degree?
> > > > > Thank you for your help, in words of one syllable if poss.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >