ajijicbound 67 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Is it possible to retrieve a program from your computer and put it on another without the original disc or appication? I have it on my computer but need to put it elsewhere too. Link to post Share on other sites
ComputerGuy 4,661 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 No, unfortunately. The only possible method is to make a "ghost image" of your entire hard drive, and restore it on the other computer. When a program is installed on a computer, most of it goes into its own folder. But a number of files get hooked into the system files area, and cannot be retrieved. Link to post Share on other sites
Viajero-Tiempo 13 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 What program and version Some actually are moveable. Or perhaps we can suggest alternatives Link to post Share on other sites
ComputerGuy 4,661 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Yes, a very few are moveable. You are correct; I didn't ask... there are so many programs it can almost be impossible to know unless one has it oneself. Link to post Share on other sites
R2D2 34 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Can't you download / install the program and just retrieve your info from the old computer ? Link to post Share on other sites
ajijicbound 67 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 The company I bought it from over 10 years ago is very slow to work with and I need the original cd to upgrade. I will keep looking or try to get my money back on the upgrade. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
ComputerGuy 4,661 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 What's the program name? Who knows, I might be able to help. Link to post Share on other sites
ajijicbound 67 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 What's the program name? Who knows, I might be able to help. It's Bead Creator and I'm upgrading to Pro Link to post Share on other sites
ComputerGuy 4,661 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Hmmm... I had a customer a couple of years ago who needed that. We scoured the web for freeware programs; the Bead Creator program itself, as I recall, at that time did not have an upgrade available and was actually a pretty poor implementation. Except, of course, for those people who really needed it. The new versions are certainly not cheap. So you are saying that the Pro version at $249 still requires that you have the basic version installed? Link to post Share on other sites
ajijicbound 67 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 It's a great program and I got in when they were new so have special privileges that's why I need to scour the house for that program. Link to post Share on other sites
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