The OS is not currently configured...

[magilla666]

Hi all,
I just installed a new SSD on my desktop (a custom build) and installed a clean version of Windows 10. I needed to do this because my machine was stuck on an older build of Windows and could not update.
The installation seemed to go fine. I am booting off the new drive, and it's updated. However, when I try to run Office from the old drive, I get the error message "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application." I tried going through appwiz to do a repair, but the only things it sees are programs on the new drive. I get software through my employer, but it's limited so I cannot just reinstall MS Office. Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Sorry - you'll have to reinstall MS Office. There's no other way around.
You'll have to reinstall all the rest of your software also. This is normal requirement after clean OS reinstall.

 

[captaincharisma]

if you can't reinstall the software and you haven't deleted you old windows install off your old drive it would be best to make an image of your old HDD and restore it to the SSD. you can use a free program like macrium reflect for this.

https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

 

[magilla666]

Thanks SkyNetRising and Captaincharisma. Rats. Now, I was able to link pdf documents to my old Adobe Reader software, and they open fine. And there's just too much stuff on my old HDD, or my new SSD is too small so I cannot really transfer an image to it.

 

[captaincharisma]

Thanks SkyNetRising and Captaincharisma. Rats. Now, I was able to link pdf documents to my old Adobe Reader software, and they open fine. And there's just too much stuff on my old HDD, or my new SSD is too small so I cannot really transfer an image to it.

its still worth a shot. i was able to sucesfully load an image that was made on a PC with a 1TB HDD on a PC that had a 250-500GB HDD. imaging is not like cloning where it makes an exact copy of the drive