Hdd to sdd

ok I am new at this thing and I need help. I installed my ssd with new fresh install from my hp recovery disk. I have windows xp. I then put my hdd back in so now I have c and d....... new ssd. and the old hdd has the old system on it still... I want to move soome of my files to the new ssd like my antivirus and aol to the new ssd. I know someone said something about changing the ide to something else...... I did not do this under the bios so do I need to start over. I need to move my program files from old hdd to new ssd but not sure how to do this without moving everythng. I did a clean install on the ssd so it would run better but when it boots up now I don't have the programs on my desktop that I need . It only shows what hp recovery disk had on it. I need to know about the bios and how to move programs I want moved to the new ssd.......... HELP........ thanks for any info......... If I need to start over that is fine I just need to know if I have to reformat the disk to start over or if I do not need to start over> thanks for any help.......... Rick