On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:11 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: >> >>> You can use the old drive as a slave, but any programs you want on the >>> new machine will need to be reinstalled, most software cannot simply >>> be copied over (One place where Mac's are clearly better than PC's). >>> If you don't have install media for them, you'll be out of luck. >>> >>> -Adam >> >> When i had the HD upgraded in this machine in 2006 i think it was, i >> mentioned to the repair person(it was a Good Guys computer place in >> town, now out of business) is there any way i can get what is on the >> current drive loaded to the new one. He said he could "map" the >> contents to the new drive. >> When i picked up the computer, the new HD was installed and all of my >> files, programs etc were on the new drive and all worked fine. >> >> Dave > > You can do that when swapping a new drive into an existing PC since > all the drivers installed are correct and the new drive will boot with > the old OS install. A completely new PC really needs a fresh OS > installation to work correctly since it'[s a different set of drivers. > > -Adam
Oh ok, was not aware of that. I guess it would make no sense to keep the programs on what would be the slave drive and try and run them from there. Probably defeating the purpose of a new computer eh. I still have my PS 6 disk, which i hope will work with windows 7, and my LR disks, but not my CS2 disk. Liz had a clean out day last year and a lot of boxes went out in the garbage. Liz never looks inside to see if anything is in them. Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
