Re: Program transfer second HD

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Carnage wrote:
Hi guys. Can you hep? First: I'm thinking of getting a second HD and I want to leave the OS
on the main HD and move / transfer all my programs like office, World of
Warcraft, DVD programs etc. Is this possible or will it cause a
conflict?

It's possible, and won't cause any conflicts, but it's also pretty much pointless to do. Placing data files on a partition or physical hard drive separate from the operating system and applications can greatly simplify system repairs/recoveries and data back-up.

There's very little point, however, in having a separate partition for just applications. Should you ever have to reinstall the OS, you'll still also have to reinstall each and every application anyway, in order to recreate the hundreds (possibly thousands) of registry entries and to replace the dozens (possibly hundreds) of essential system files back into the appropriate Windows folders and sub-folders.

Is there a good way to do this?


One way: Uninstall the applications, and then reinstall them to the new location.



Secondly: I had to use the Vista Upgrade option on this disk to
correctly fix some of my files which had been deleted by a poor vista
update, namely system restore and windows update .. Now I get rnadom IRQ
errors and USB Port errors which crash the computer. I have updated to
SP1 on Home Premium x 64 bit what could be cuasing this problem?


Probably defective or corrupted device drivers.


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