Windows 10: New Computer Needed & Want To Save Programs On HDD W/O Reinstallation

I have a computer that is on its way out the door. However, the hard drive is sound and is fine, however, I have programs on there that I want to save and a couple of them I do not have the installation program EXEcutable installation file or the software on a disc to re-install the software. Yet I am running Windows 10, and there is a glitch within the OS where I cannot get my WiFi to work as well. I know that if I install Windows 10 and keep my software that would fix the Network issue because I had to do that one other time and it fixed that issue; the programs were fine including the one without the disc.

Do you think that I could take the hard drive and make an ISO (for backup purposes) and then reintroduce that hard drive into a newer computer that can use Windows 10 as well and re-run Windows Install by just running the Setup EXEcutable to reintroduce Windows with the new Hardware the CPU still would be from the same manufacturer (Intel processor i5 7th Gen or newer) and memory would be the same... I do not know about manufacturer, however.

In theory this should work because (I believe) Windows is re-imaging itself over an "old" copy of Windows and applying the new/different drivers for the new computer, yes?

I am just hoping that if I could save that software install I would....

Thanks.
Cheers!

:)

 

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Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.

 

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