hard drives

[johnfrater]

just aquired a new pc ,buti have apps on my old pc ,can i connect my old hard drive to my new one,i have microsoft office on old one, but want to use it on new one ,any help greatly appreciated

thanks john

[VHG]

You can connect your new computer to your old computer, but you cannot use programs installed on your old computer.

Nor can you just copy programs across from your old computer to your new computer.

Any program you want to use on your new computer has to be installed "from scratch" either from the CD/DVD it came on, or from an "install" file you download from the internet.

[VHG]

Update. I just noticed you said can you connect your old hard drive to your new computer.

Yes you can do that if you want, but the same "rules" apply, you cant run a program stored on the old hard disk, you have to install it from scratch on the new computer.

[johnfrater]

thks vhg
u saved me a lot of futile hours lol, looks like i gonna have to download agin and pay ,site i got it off no longer exists ,my prob lo but thks for the reply
john