Re-install but keep my applications

raikesi

raikesi

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Hi guys,
Have a new computer coming next week, for which I'm going to use my current hard drives. I wanted to reinstall Windows but keep all the applications that I have installed. Is there a way to do this?
raikesi
 
How many HDD's do you have? you could copy the setup files over to the other HDD, and then once windows is installed, re-install the programs off the second HDD.

Or when you install windows, you can choose not to format the HDD, which will make a folder called windows old, but i'm not sure you can run the programs off it.
 
raikesi said:
Hi guys,
Have a new computer coming next week, for which I'm going to use my current hard drives. I wanted to reinstall Windows but keep all the applications that I have installed. Is there a way to do this?
raikesi
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It's not worth it IMO. You could probably stick the hard drive in the PC, install/reinstall drivers and re-create the boot sector/file to make it boot, but in the end it's more hassle than it's worth. Just write down everything you have installed and do a nice clean install.
 
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