What happens when my operating system gets reinstalled?

• Posted on 4th February 2016
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• by siteadmin

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Data, such as documents, music, pictures, and videos, can be transferred off of the old hard drive to a new hard drive with a functional operating system. However, the programs that read these files cannot be easily transferred. Programs such as Microsoft Office are used to read documents and must be reinstalled on the new hard drive. In order to reinstall these programs the product key and sometimes the CD is necessary to reinstall the product. If the product key cannot be recovered off of the old hard drive or the product key is not available physically the product will have to be repurchased or the company the product was originally purchased from will have to be contacted.
Outlook or other email management programs will have to be set up again. This means the email address and password will have to be reentered into the email program.
Any customizations will have to be re-done. These include internet homepages, desktop backgrounds, desktop icon arrangement, etc.