Old programs to a new computer.

I bought a computer (HP mini win 7 64-bit) a year or so ago with several important programs on it i.e. photoshop, et al, which was sold to me with 6 backup discs (25 gb), and a repair disc. Enter my new Toshiba (win 7 64-bit). My question is: do I simply create a new folder on my Toshiba and run the repair disc, and I will have access to my fresh programs from my HP mini? Excuse my ignorance. Thanks for any help.

 

So are those backup disc of the programs full install or were they part of the HP software package? We need to know if they are standalone install or part of the package software install to know what to do next. But if they were part of the HP software install you will not get it to work with the Toshiba to say. You can't do a HP repair on a Toshiba laptop those are two different computer and different hardware and you run the risk of doing unforeseen damages or problems of software and O/S corruption.

 

Check those backup disks. Maybe they have individual application installers that you can run. If so, they probably are not tied to specific hardware, though you will need the install/license keys to install them.

On the few HPs I worked on, the actual hard disk recovery data (to bring the PC back to factory OOB) was stored in a special partition on the hard drive. If you want recovery disks, you had to provide blank disks and burn them yourself, so it's at least possible the the backup disks do contain installers. This is the way Dell does it.

If that's not the case, contact HP, they may be able to send you install media for a fee, or point you to a web site where you can download it. Be polite but persistent. If you paid for the software, it's yours to use on one PC and you should be able to transfer it.