Hard Drive replacement?

[Grandpappy]

If I replace my hard drive (or get someone to do it for me) will I be able to put my software back into the new drive. I'm thinking of all of the stuff I've bought over the years that have cost a lot of money, my latest being Windows 7 Ultimate and Microsoft Office Premier 2007? My version of Adobe Photoshop7 is no longer supported and I can't afford to up-grade,anyway it's working fine and my security is free and can be easily re-newed!
Any advice,please.
Thanks

[Old_Geezer]

You should be able to clone the old disk with the right software. In which case, apart from the extra free space, you ought not notice a difference.

[galeck1947]

You can use a harddrive dock which will transfer all of the contents from the old drive to the new one with one click. They must be SATA drives.