Files (not critical to running programs)yes. Programs no.
(There are a bunch of registry files that usually need to be set which happens when you install a program (that's one of the reasons it takes so long)) these Registry files have information on the paths to the program files so if you move the program files the registry entries will not find the program files and the program will not work.
Uninstall the programs and reinstall pointing to the other disk as location (some programs will not let you do this so you are stuck!)
Some programs that are just a single .exe file will be movable.
All computers use a hard drive to store programs and files.
You can Format all drives. While formatting drives, when you format C Drive all the ntldr files and important OS files will get deleted. Or you can reboot the computer.
Some flash drives have programs added to help you with you use your flash drive properly, but no, If the flash drive has no files on it, It's empty.
Thumb drives, otherwise known as "USB Flash Drives" or "Jump Drives" are storage devices. You can store your data files plus you could store and run programs from the thumb drive.
A laptop hard drive fills the same function a hard drive in a desktop computer does. Which is to store all the information on the computer. This includes documents, pictures, video files and programs, including the operating system.
You can connect the laptop hard drive directly to your desktop and get your files back.
No, only files can go on flash drives. Programs cannot.
If your files were on that C: drive, then they are pretty much gone. There are programs that will attempt recovery of formatted drives but if anything at all has been written to the drive you can forget about it. If the files were on a different physical drive and you really only formatted C: then the files should still be present and available for access.
That depends on how many drives or virtual drives you have on your computer. Mainly the C: drive has Windows on it, if you only have a C: drive all your information and programs go here, but if you have multiple drives C: drive should be mainly for your Windows operating system.
Flash drives are not utilised to carry the PS3's file formats, they can be used to carry certain PC files to a PS3, such as pictures and music but they cannot carry the PS3's interpretations of these files
The first indication of a problem with drive assignments could be error messages when accessing files, programs not launching, or drives not appearing in file explorer. Other signs include being unable to save files to a specific drive, or seeing conflicting drive letter assignments.
The best way is.... to buy a portable hard drive and make back up files. and only then put everything in a single place briefcase/drive on your new PC. then - you can have the time to sort what goes where (programs/files). a good arrangement if you can is putting files and programs in different drives.