Old hard drive, new computer.

Gauzl · October 15, 2013

I've just today built a new PC and want to keep everything from the old PC. Can I simply just plug the old hard drive into the PC or is there more steps to make all the program's work?

Bluethulhu · October 15, 2013

That depends on the type of hard drive it is. If it's an IDE drive, you might have a little more trouble than if it's a SATA drive. Also, if you want to boot from it, I wouldn't recommend it as there may be driver issues.

Gauzl · October 15, 2013

I have the OS installed on an SSD and its a normal sata hard drive.

Bluethulhu · October 15, 2013

I wouldn't see any problem with it working then.

Gauzl · October 15, 2013

I can't use any of the program's though such as avast and Microsoft office.

ciprian97pop · October 15, 2013

I can't use any of the program's though such as avast and Microsoft office.

you probably need to format it to work properly =\

LogicalDrm · October 16, 2013

Old stuff is on HDD and you want them to work with OS installed on SSD? Unfortunetly you need to reinstall all software since their folder connections refer to old locations. You can backup configs and savegames on some stuff and replace default files with them later.