Win7 stuff on Win8 comp/AppData not hidden

tteri77

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Feb 7, 2014
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My old Win7 computer crashed. So when I got my Win8 new comp I couldn't do an Easy Transfer to easily move info over. My bright idea was to set up the old HD as an external drive connected just through a USB port and move stuff over. Not just my files, but like everything.

It didn't occur to me that programs and drivers or whatever might be in the mix. so now I think I have win7 stuff where its not supposed to be bogging my comp way down. Im no tech. (Obviously)

Can anyone tell me what I can do? Or what problems I should be looking for?

Also my AppData folder is for some reason no longer hidden and that too I think is making it slow.

Teri
 
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Not knowing exactly what you did, a 'fix' is hard to suggest.

You could flail about for a couple of weeks trying to 'fix it'.
Or you could just step back, fresh reinstall, and be done in a day or two.

tteri77

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i really do know better 5than that, but anyway, that's what i did. its just really slow... painfully slow some days. and i dont know what to look for to see if stuff is wrong or if it even matters. i have a ton of old adobe program parts and pieces everywhere... they dont show up in my programs to just delete them... Its not until i am on someone else's comp that i totally realize how slow mine is. It needs to work better. any suggestions?

Thank you so much for responding so fast...!