I've replaced it with an SSD now and everything is fine, I appreciate the help.
Just a quick question someone may be able to help with. Windows still lists some programs that were installed on the old drive and won't let me uninstall them from the control panel because it can't find the uninstaller. I assume this has to do with the leftover registry stuff from the old programs. Is there an easy way to get rid of these?
No I didn't want to copy any over any potentially corrupted installation files, I only copied over the personal files and stuff I needed. I installed the new SSD as a fresh drive without transferring anything other than my personal files which I moved using an external portable HDD. These programs were installed on the old D drive but now that I've put in a new drive they don't exist anymore.
My C drive is what Windows operates on which hasn't changed, my D drive is what had the programs installed but my understanding (could easily be wrong) is that the registry stuff would be stored on the C drive as thats what windows is installed on. It would explain why Windows still thinks the programs are installed even though they dont exist anymore.
True, but the actual uninstaller would most likely have been on the D: drive, hence the inability to unistall them. Either reinstall them, or use Revo uninstaller which can find and remove the registry entries after it first trys (and fails) to run the app's own uninstaller.
There's a free portable version of Revo that requires no install, I recently used it to remove a similar 'leftover' app that could not uninstall by conventional means.
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If I didn't mention it before, I recommend running Crystal Disk Info in resident startup mode to keep an automatic eye on drive healths and temps by looking at the system tray icons. I want to know early if any drives are having issues.
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