I have just installed new hardrive, and installed win 98 sr-2 on it. That is all. I set my old drive as the secondary drive, it has all of my old files and apps on it. Now, is it possible to run my old apps e.g. "Norton Antivirus, webferret,ect." from this drive, without installing it again. Or will there be a registry problem, or something to that extent?? Please Help..

You will have to re-install most of your applications .

In your "new" windows on your "new" C: drive, open explorer. Click on your old drive (probably now D:) to highlight it. Click EDIT on the menu bar, then Select All, then EDIT again, and COPY. Right click on your "new" C: drive and select PASTE. If your "old" setup ran fine, then all should be well after the copy. Once this is confirmed, then you can delete the contents of your old drive, thereby freeing up the entire drive for new use.

Well, you could do one of three things: 1. Get a drive cloning program such as Norton Ghost or Partition Magic's Drive Copy function. There are instructions with the program on how to move all your data to the new drive. Remember to do scandisk/defrag on the old disk before copying it. 2. (This is what I would recommend) Re-install your applications from their CDs on the new drive and move only your data files (word docs, templates, etc) from the old drive to the new one. Then when you are sure everything you need has been moved, right-click on the old drive in My Computer and format it. That way you can use it for storage space. 3. Switch the drives so the old one is the master and the new one is secondary. Keep using your applications as they were, and just use the new drive for storage. I'd only do this if the drives were the same speed, or you would miss the benefits of a faster drive. There really isn't any reason to have Windows on both drives unless you plan on setting up a dual-booting system. Good luck ^_^

"Or will there be a registry problem" Yes, there will be a problem. Some programs will work and some won't. It depends on what an individual program needs to work such as registry entries and system files. If a particular program (although it used an installer) is self contained within the folder for which it is installed then it will work just fine. A simple test is to try running it. If it works you can use it from the second drive. If it does not work then you are better off to reinstall it on the C: drive. Before reinstalling go to the program's folder to copy any personal settings files to place into the newly installed location. Additionally, new hard drives usually come with software to simplify the copying process. If you got it second hand and it did not come with this software then you can go to the makers website to download this software. This software is free from the makers.

I'm going with Shmanda's suggestion #3... Keep old drive as is, and make it the primary drive. Make the new drive your secondary drive, and use it for all of your personal files.