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plogger · 09-02-2004, 08:54 AM

Welp, for reasons too numerous to go into here, i've had to reinstall xp pro o a different drive than my previous OS, xp home which is still on its origial drive. Anybody know a way to "import" registry settings from the old to the new, or am really faced with reistalling everything (argghh!)?

thanx

Pragma · 09-02-2004, 09:58 AM

Well, do you really trust the old operating system enough to import the registry settings from the old one? You'll have to boot into XP Home, export the registry to a file, boot to XP Pro, and try to merge portions of it. It's a very very tricky thing to do - and I'd recommend, both in terms of ease and stability, to reinstall your applications.

plogger · 09-03-2004, 08:20 AM

[QUOTE=Pragma]Well, do you really trust the old operating system enough

....yes, abs., you're right.. (thumbing through my cd-rom drawer...)

09-02-2004, 08:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
plogger Upright Location: Germany	XP blowup recovery Welp, for reasons too numerous to go into here, i've had to reinstall xp pro o a different drive than my previous OS, xp home which is still on its origial drive. Anybody know a way to "import" registry settings from the old to the new, or am really faced with reistalling everything (argghh!)? thanx __________________ "Jeder für sich, und Gott gegen alle." -Werner Herzog

09-03-2004, 08:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
plogger Upright Location: Germany	[QUOTE=Pragma]Well, do you really trust the old operating system enough ....yes, abs., you're right.. (thumbing through my cd-rom drawer...) __________________ "Jeder für sich, und Gott gegen alle." -Werner Herzog

09-02-2004, 09:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Well, do you really trust the old operating system enough to import the registry settings from the old one? You'll have to boot into XP Home, export the registry to a file, boot to XP Pro, and try to merge portions of it. It's a very very tricky thing to do - and I'd recommend, both in terms of ease and stability, to reinstall your applications.