This will be long so I apologize in advance.
I dropped my laptop and the hard drive was not working properly, so I bought a new one and re-installed Vista on it. Cloning it would not work due to the damage. I then did a backup of my files and programs from my external. All of my pics and files are back where they were before.
The problem I am having is that none of my programs are in the programs menu when you click the start button. On the hard drive there are 2 program file folders, and one has the programs in it, and the "new" one doesn't. My music from itunes is in the itunes folder, but no icon to start it or drag it onto the menu.
So my questions is how do I get these to the programs menu or am I going to have to reload every program seperately?
Thanks for your help. I should have listened to my wife and just bought a new computer, but I'm stubborn and now have over 20 hours invested in trying to fix this thing. lol
I dropped my laptop and the hard drive was not working properly, so I bought a new one and re-installed Vista on it. Cloning it would not work due to the damage. I then did a backup of my files and programs from my external. All of my pics and files are back where they were before.
The problem I am having is that none of my programs are in the programs menu when you click the start button. On the hard drive there are 2 program file folders, and one has the programs in it, and the "new" one doesn't. My music from itunes is in the itunes folder, but no icon to start it or drag it onto the menu.
So my questions is how do I get these to the programs menu or am I going to have to reload every program seperately?
Thanks for your help. I should have listened to my wife and just bought a new computer, but I'm stubborn and now have over 20 hours invested in trying to fix this thing. lol
