two hard disks


  1. beaser10
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    windows 7 64 bit home premium
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    two hard disks


    presently running windows 7 on custom computer. took hard drive out of old computer ( os vista ) and installed in new computer. new computer shows this as HP (E:) . can i get old programs to work on new computer and how do i do it ?
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  3. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    The programs have to stay with the OS on which they were installed. You cannot transfer programs from one OS to another. You have to reinstall them.
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