Formatting and all that.

[kineaesth]

So, I'm soon going to wipe my computer. It's been slow, and I've decided it needs a good format.

Here is my problem. I have a copy of FLStudio 5, a music production program, on my computer, that I have no disc for. I got it from my brother, installed it and cracked it, the usual.

Now, I have an external hard-drive of gigantic-ish proportions on which I'm sticking stuff I want to save, and I want to save my finished and un-finished FL songs. If I moved the entire Program Files folder to the external drive, wiped the computer and then stuck it back on my main hard drive, would FLStudio still work?

I'm worried that it would need registry entries and all that jazz. Thanks in advance.

<3

 

[Naudian]

It probably wouldn't work, not 100% anyway.

I would just back up the project files, and whatever custom things you might have created in FL, and re-download a copy. It shouldn't be hard to find a torrent.
Also, if the project files are compatible with newer versions of FL then you could just download 7 or 8 instead.

 

[kineaesth]

Not that I'd want to pirate anything...

Is this a general rule for most programs? As I go through I notice more and more things I'd like to keep that I don't have discs for...

 

[Naph]

If you bought it, I guess it's alright to pirate it?
It's pretty much like backing up cds :/

Yes, most programs don't work if the some sort of OS registry is lost.
Things like mIRC can be moved without installation.

 

[Krynn72]

FL Studio does require registry entries. So no, it wont still work. You'll have to re-install it.

Also, you already pirated it. You didnt buy the program, and you cracked it instead of using your brother's code.