installed second hard drive but can't use some programmes off the first one.

troopie · 12-10-11, 07:13 AM

Can anyone help?

I left my rig with the local (useless) IT guy from my (small) home town to 'fix' a few probs and after much time and money it now runs properly but now I've got a whole new batch of probs to deal with.

Not least of which is the hard drive debacle.

After talking me into fitting a second hard drive (cool i thought, two hard drives and 1600 GB

) my old C:/ is now D:/ with all my old info etc. preserved intact, thus allowing him to reinstall the os without loosing anything.

Trouble is while most of the installed programmes are easily accessed simply by navigating to D:/ and then opening their .exe files others will not. Wouldn't be so bad except it's mostly important ones that won't (of course).

The strange thing is none of the programmes from D:/ (working or not) show up in the 'uninstall' feature of control panel!

Any one got any ideas how I can fix this? Am running Vista home premium 32 bit.

12-10-11, 07:13 AM	#1
troopie Captain Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oz Posts: 507 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	installed second hard drive but can't use some programmes off the first one. Can anyone help? I left my rig with the local (useless) IT guy from my (small) home town to 'fix' a few probs and after much time and money it now runs properly but now I've got a whole new batch of probs to deal with. Not least of which is the hard drive debacle. After talking me into fitting a second hard drive (cool i thought, two hard drives and 1600 GB) my old C:/ is now D:/ with all my old info etc. preserved intact, thus allowing him to reinstall the os without loosing anything. Trouble is while most of the installed programmes are easily accessed simply by navigating to D:/ and then opening their .exe files others will not. Wouldn't be so bad except it's mostly important ones that won't (of course). The strange thing is none of the programmes from D:/ (working or not) show up in the 'uninstall' feature of control panel! Any one got any ideas how I can fix this? Am running Vista home premium 32 bit.