coputer gurus - Windows XP help !!!!!!!

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  • Antonio
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Oct 2001
    • 14136
    #1

    coputer gurus - Windows XP help !!!!!!!

    A frien of mine asked me to help him fix his PC - Windows XP wasn't booting up

    I tried repairing it - noting worked, the only thing I could do was to install a new Windows Xp in a new folder

    Now I have WNDOWS folder (his original operating system) and WINDOWS1 (the one I installed). I need to ipmort his settings form the old registry (the on that is stored in WINDOWS) to WINDOWS1

    I can not import the registry using regedit because I need to export it forst from
    WINDOWS (the old XP) but I can not log in there

    Can I manually copy the files? Which are the files where the registry is stored? Sicne it is the same PC exactly the same hardware, none of the programs was deleted or moved that should work but which files do I manually copy from WINDOWS to WINDOWS1??


    thanks in advance
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    • Antonio
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Oct 2001
      • 14136
      #2
      basically all he needs (and he doesn't know any usernames or passwords) is his ICQ username/pass, GoogleTalk username/pass, and his dial-up connection username/pass

      If I can retrieve these three the rest can be reinstalled

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        • teksonline
          So Fucking Banned
          • Jan 2005
          • 2904
          #3
          you should stop what you are doing immediately, you really have no skills or XP knowledge to be futzing with his computer, on whta is most likely a very simple fix

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            • Project-Shadow
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2003
              • 7340
              #4
              Start > Accessories > System Tools > Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

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                • Violetta
                  Affiliate
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 28735
                  #5
                  Do you have a xp cd that is bootable? If you do, just boot it up and format his old shit! If the machine does not boot up with the cd, enter bios and change the bootup settings!
                  M&A Queen

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                    • Antonio
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Oct 2001
                      • 14136
                      #6
                      Originally posted by teksonline
                      you should stop what you are doing immediately, you really have no skills or XP knowledge to be futzing with his computer, on whta is most likely a very simple fix

                      nigga pleeeeeez

                      I have 7 PCs and always manage to fix whatever shit comes my way

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                        • Antonio
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Oct 2001
                          • 14136
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Rockatansky
                          Do you have a xp cd that is bootable? If you do, just boot it up and format his old shit! If the machine does not boot up with the cd, enter bios and change the bootup settings!

                          It boots up just fine right now, I simply installed second copy of XP on the same hard drive, it boots up and all the files on the C drive are still there but his programs setting are in the "old" registry files


                          Originally posted by Project-Shadow
                          Start > Accessories > System Tools > Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

                          Trying it right now, lets see if this works.

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                            • polish_aristocrat
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 40377
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Antonio
                              nigga pleeeeeez

                              I have 7 PCs
                              can I be your friend now?
                              I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                • Big_D
                                  CRAZY MOFUKKA
                                  • Jun 2006
                                  • 3296
                                  #9
                                  well, my pc hasnt had to be reformatted in close to a year, and thats with hardware upgrades. Have fun dood, I figured it out myself a long time ago.

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                                    • Antonio
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Oct 2001
                                      • 14136
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                                      can I be your friend now?
                                      only if you drive a ferrari

                                      or if you're black, then I can tell everybody that I have a black friend

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                                        • HorseShit
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Dec 2004
                                          • 17513
                                          #11

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