Copying programs to added hard drive?

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Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard
drive from the existing hard drive.

I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will
copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I
can avoid reloading everything again.

I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some
progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard
drive for the operating system and other things.

Thanks
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SHRED said:
Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard
drive from the existing hard drive.

I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will
copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I
can avoid reloading everything again.

I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some
progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard
drive for the operating system and other things.

Thanks
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I am trying to word my question better:

I am adding another hard drive.
I want to move my games and some other applications over to it and keep
my OS (Win2000)on the original drive.
How?

Thanks
 
SHRED said:
I am trying to word my question better:

I am adding another hard drive.
I want to move my games and some other applications over to it and
keep my OS (Win2000)on the original drive.
How?

Thanks
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First I'll say that I prefer portable applications. Makes it so much easier
when upgrading. I'm not sure what the true definition of "Portable
Application" means... but to me, it's something that will run without
installing it... even if it changes registry settings... an application that
can simply be copied to another PC and run just fine.

I recently tried to upgrade Win98SE to WinXPpro, but it wouldn't upgrade. I
had to perform a complete new install. Before installation, I ran Norton
Ghost to backup my entire hard drive. After formatting drive C and
installing WinXPpro, I was able to simply restore/extract the majority of
the applications (one at a time) from the Ghost image into a directory
called "Portable Applications". Most of them ran just fine. I did have
to re-configure some settings for each application (that were obviously
stored in the registry).

Now whenever I try new programs/applications... whether freeware or not...
I'll install it, copy it to "Portable Applications", uninstall it, reboot,
and see if it still runs. If it doesn't run, I'll just reinstall the
application.

If I should ever have to upgrade again down the road, I can simply copy the
entire "Portable Applications" folder to the new drive (along with the
start-menu shortcuts).

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Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_the_Spam)Maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support Bacteria - It's the only culture some people have!"
 
K3 you got it right!

This is the solution to the everlasting problem of windows slowing down
after too many program installations:
To try to make them all "portable".. I have been thinking about this for the
last week..
and I will do it too. I am sure my computer will be a lot faster!
Some cannot be made portable because of their nature.. but most will run
just fine.
I am thinking of installing apps on a virtual machine, then grabbing the
installed folder and transfering it to my normal machine....

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I am trying to word my question better:
Click to expand...
I am adding another hard drive.
I want to move my games and some other applications over to it and keep
my OS (Win2000)on the original drive.
How?
Click to expand...

There's at least one program out there that will do this - move your
programs to another drive and change the registry settings for those
programs to point to that drive.

The name of the program refers to post office mail forwarding, but I
can't remember it or find it with a web search. I seem to remember
that it's freeware so you might look on freeware sites for anything
that sounds right, or someone else might know the name.
 
Al said:
There's at least one program out there that will do this - move your
programs to another drive and change the registry settings for those
programs to point to that drive.

The name of the program refers to post office mail forwarding, but I
can't remember it or find it with a web search. I seem to remember
that it's freeware so you might look on freeware sites for anything
that sounds right, or someone else might know the name.
Click to expand...

Maybe you're referring to (OT?) PC Magazine's "Change of Address"
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9505,00.asp

Download it here --> http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/coa2.zip

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Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_the_Spam)Maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support Bacteria - It's the only culture some people have!"
 
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