Music programs like the software you had installed?
Those programs will NOT work properly, even if they might open, without a reinstall procedure. When you install the OS (Windows or whatever) the components of the PC create an individual unique environment that all the software programs you install relates to. That is why you can only recover information from the old hardisk, but the software programs will have to be reinstalled on the new drive.
The only software that can work without instalation is the one that does not write to registry or does not add to the OS files. They are very few. Wavosaur (if you use that) is one of them.
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Yamaha S770, Studio One 3, EMU 0404USB, ESI, ATH, Dell. And others.