Windows 10: Need to get list of installed programs from a Windows 11 disc as external disc

Hi,Allow me to explain. PC died, disc is fine and I have plugged into my PC as external USB.Need to get the list of installed programs in that Windows 11 OS so that a new PC can be prepared. Disc can't be plugged into a new hardware as there are multiple levels of corruption.

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Disc for windows 7 to run on windows 10

Hi Jane,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to read the Windows 7 disc and check if it helps.

• Insert Windows 7 disc.
• Press “Windows+E” which will open file explorer.
• There you will find the Windows 7 disc.
• Open the disc and copy the files anywhere on your computer, so that you can access the information from the disc.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Clean install of windows and discs

Hi, you can delete each and every partition comprising Windows and installed programs. You can leave any you have created purely for data files.

Before you do this, make sure you create a full disk image, so that you can retrieve any data you need from that after installing Windows.

Also make sure you know all the license keys for all your installed programs.

Search this list of tutorials for
clean install
Windows 10 Tutorial Index
and you will find

At steps 11/12/13 you make the decision to clean install and which partitions to delete.

Or, you could simply wipe your existing disks completely, then clean install, which might be wiser if you are concerned about viruses e.g. using an appropriate live boot disk to boot your system.

as explained that's your manual choice

the disk on which Windows is installed is your choice as per the tutorial

No, that's something you would configure after the installation - tutorial available.

I assume you're referring to apps from the Store, rather than downloaded and installed .exe files for traditional 'desktop' programs.

 

external disc drive

I have an external disc drive which my laptop recognizes once plugged in. However upon selecting the external disc drive (D) and inserting a cd nothing happens and I cannot name the cd in the drive, open it or upload it. It's obvious that I'm missing
something and require technical help. Anyone with a solution or suggestion? Thank you.