serious error occurred while loading town

[kittie]

I didn't know where else to post this sorry if its not in the right forum. I was wondering if anyone could tell me whats going on with my game and maybe how to fix it. I recently installed a new harddrive into my PC and was hoping to move my sims 3 town along with it so I didn't have to start over from scratch. I copied over my mods folder and that installed fine. I copied over my documents/electronic arts/the sims 3 folder (the whole thing) to its appropriate place also. When I start up my game the neighborhood is there but says there was  a serious error loading it and quits. Help 

[spaceface]

You should have reinstalled your game.

To keep your existing game, you need to copy your "saves" folder. Found at: My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves
This contains all the information about your game as you have played it so far.

You should copy the abovementioned folder, keep it in a safe place (eg on your desktop), reinstall your game, then drop your saves in, and then put your mods back of course.

[kittie]

I'm not sure why it would matter (i'm obviously a bit ignorant about this), however, I have replaced the original folder that came with the installed game (i placed it somewhere else, didn't delete or replace it) and replaced the SAVES folder. It didn't work. I've just decided to start a new town (which does work) because i'm not willing to do a whole reinstall again  Thanks anyways though.

[spaceface]

Then why did you ask in the first place?

[kittie]

Sorry, just wanted to know if there was a way to fix it. I still am saving my saves incase someone comes up with a way down the line. I'm just not holding my breath, and in the meantime starting up a new neighborhood.