At that time, my boss's laptop had bad sectors in certain parts, making it impossible to repair the drive, but what worried my boss was how to move all the installed applications to another drive without experiencing any shortcomings? because if this could not be resolved, of course it would waste a lot of my boss's productive time, so this problem became a separate case study for me. In the end, the effort continued to become the most tiring surfing activity in the ocean of the web.
This post attempts to explain how to migrate program files that have been installed on one drive to another drive using Application Mover. This is done without losing time and date information.
I have installed an SSD (Solid-State Drive) to replace the damaged Hard Disk. I have cloned the OS and it turns out that the size is much smaller than the original. However, this does not include the application program or in the Windows directory by default it is in the Program Files or Program Files (x86) directory. Then can I just move it like regular files just by Drag and Drop? it turns out the answer is no! Because Windows does not provide tools to overcome such things, we must use a tool called Application Mover.
If all installed applications are done according to the default rules, then the transfer process is also very easy just follow the default rules. However, if previously the application was installed custom, then if you have a number of applications that are quite a lot even with large sizes, then this can be the most tedious activity. You may have to reconfigure all applications from both preferences and settings.
Therefore, to avoid such things, you need to use a moving utility such as Application Mover or Steam Mover, which was originally designed to move PC Game Applications using the Steam system, but also works for moving applications other than games.
As usual, every application has a disclaimer, so using the utility is at your own risk and make sure to have an updated data backup before you try it.