Windows 7 problem - help

[Homez]

hi

okay i have three hard drives on my comp my OS was installed on my ssd. all other programs installed on my comp were installed on a seperate hard drive such as games, apps etc. my windows 7 recently decided to stop working, so my question is if i re-install windows on my ssd will it be able to launch the programs on the other hard drive?

thanks in advance

 

[Ham]

If you make sure all the game files are on the separate drive then navagating to the exes after a re-install generaly works. You might get some not wanting to play ball due to reg entries getting whacked. But generally speaking games work.

 

[llwyd]

As Ham said, games are usually the more co-operative of apps. You may need to enter your reg key again though. Things like adobe apps and any driver / hardware management software will need deleting, cleaning up with something like ccleaner and reinstalling

 

[I Hunta x]

cant you save the reg enteries or something? seem to remember my mate doing this as he formats pretty often =\

 

[llwyd]

Yes but you have to be able to find / catch them as they go into the registry. There are apps that can do this but they're a bit iffy as you can technically use them to crack certain applications

 

[craigr1982]

I've been doing it with XP for years. MY OS drive is only gb and all my apps and games are installed on D drive. As well as My Docs and emails.

If I format and reinstall windows I normally only have to install a couple of things (instead of 100's).