Keep programs on non-boot drive after hard reset?

[Dirtman]

If I do a hard reset on my computer which has multiple hard drives, will the programs that are on the non-boot drive remain? Or are they registered in some way on the boot drive?

[MightyMic]

3 minutes ago, Dirtman said:

If I do a hard reset on my computer which has multiple hard drives, will the programs that are on the non-boot drive remain? Or are they registered in some way on the boot drive?

Depends on the program, but most will probably have registry entries that won't come over with the reset. You'll most likely need to reinstall the programs

[Sauron]

Many modern programs will just reinstall to the registry as soon as the executable is run without needing you to go through the whole installation process again. It depends on the programs you have tbh, some won't work but I have done multiple clean installs over time and almost everything I use ran just fine without needing to be reinstalled.