about storing my comuter program file and folder

[Guest]

i have a partions but i want to copy all my installed programs back to my
origanal drive after i format how do i do this i want to copy it from partion
f to c: d: e: only my programs ihave copied the prgram file and folders but
when wnen igo to any of the other partion and click on the icon i get a
message THAT SAY IT NOT INSTALED SOME THING LIKE THAT AND IN ADD REMOVE THERE
ARE NOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROGAMS WHAT AM I DOING WRONG CAN YOU HELP

 

[Chuck]

i have a partions but i want to copy all my installed programs back to my
origanal drive after i format how do i do this i want to copy it from partion
f to c: d: e: only my programs ihave copied the prgram file and folders but
when wnen igo to any of the other partion and click on the icon i get a
message THAT SAY IT NOT INSTALED SOME THING LIKE THAT AND IN ADD REMOVE THERE
ARE NOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROGAMS WHAT AM I DOING WRONG CAN YOU HELP

Installing programs under Windows is not just a matter of copying files or
folders from one folder to another. Most programs create control files in the
system folder, or create control entries in the system registry.

If you copy a program file from one partition to another, rather than running
the provided install procedures (which you generally find on the install media),
you do not create the required control files in either the system folder, or the
system registry. Your programs will not run, because the required entries do
not exist.

If I have misunderstood your problem, please take a few minutes to read the
following.

How to Compose a Good Newsgroup Post


How to Act Smart on Usenet


Getting Your Post Noticed - and Answered
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.