Reinstall xp save settings
You should have got the option to repair at the initial part of installing XP, you must have pressed Enter to install XP. But at that same window, you should have been given the option to choose what drive you wanted to install XP on. If you have a USB pen, then I would copy everything off you drive onto that, or use a cd-r.
If my answer Was helpful? Please let me know by clicking on the ' Did this answer your question' and clicking on the Yes button. I'm reasonably sure I didn't get the option to repair -- based on other posts in this forum and linked pages I knew to look for it. But I got lucky -- it didn't erase all the stuff that was already on the drive which would have happened if I reformatted the drive. So now, for example, there's a full installation of Norton Internet Security -- but it's not part of the startup and has no taskbar or desktop icon.
What I'm wondering is whether there's some sort of user profile left over from before I reinstalled the operating system that I could simply restore as the current user profile.
I'm thrashing about in the dark here, or at very best some very dim light. I know a little, but I admittedly haven't worked this deep inside Windows for a very long time. If the reinstall did just overwrite the OS your applications probably are not "installed" in the "new" XP. If I understand you: the progam files are still there but don't work.
Is that right? If so, pick a program that is on the HDD but won't run, reinstall it, what does it do now? It may help another user. Thanks, Jeff. If I go down the file tree in Windows Explorer, I can see all the program files from the previous incarnation of the computer. For Firefox, if I simply double-click the executable as displayed in WinExplorer, it starts up just fine.
It's just not on the desktop. Now, for Norton Internet Security, I started to reinstall and it detected the existing copy. I'll have to go back and see if its installation has a "repair" function; I don't remember.
For Norton, however, I don't know what the main executable is or looks like, and clicking on the Norton shortcut item led to something marked as a "UI stub" and didn't do anything. One idea I've had is to use the Files and Settings Wizard to "trick" the new installation into recognizing the old programs -- see if it will save the files and settings to a directory I set up on the same computer calling it "old computer" and restoring them with the wizard calling it "new computer".
It looks like there's an option for the "same computer" approach, but if not, I can always save it to some form of removable media. The question I'd have about this approach is whether the "settings" from the "old" computer still exist, or if they were overwritten when I installed the new OS.
Do other programs still work? Generally speaking just having the files present isn't good enough. When you insatll an application settings are written to the Windows Registry etc. If you have the discs for your programs you can just reinstall them. Point to the device or folder where the files and settings backup files are saved. As soon as you point the wizard to the location of your file and settings backup files, it will start applying these to your new system.
Again, the length of time needed depends on the size of the files. After the File and Settings Transfer Wizard has completed its task, it will display any recommendations, and once you press Finish , you will be prompted to log off so that your settings can be applied.
After you've logged back on, check that all your files and settings were transferred properly. To read more see Microsoft Knowledge Base article You can download the update from the Windows Update Web site. If you do this, you will need to run the File and Settings Transfer Wizard on your new system first, and let it create a Wizard Disk to use on the old computer. You cannot transfer files and settings from a computer that is running a bit edition of Windows XP to a computer that is running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
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If you already have a home network, this will probably be the most convenient method. Just save your data on another PC on the network, and once you have Windows XP up-and-running, import it back over the network. Floppy drive or other removable media. While the original floppy isn't really a viable choice, if you've got a high-capacity LS drive or similar, this could be an option.
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