Re: Files and Settings Wizard

See & keep this excellent reference on File & Settings Transfer by Gary Woodruff
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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heather wrote:
> Hi, perhaps someone can help me? I have a XP home computer on NTFS
> partitioned discs, C & D, with programs and operating system, D with
> files etc. Windows for some reason got corrupted so I reinstalled
> (and reformatted the C drive). I used the files and settings wizard
> to save the stuff on to D. I didnt use the manual option, just
> clicked both. When i reinstalled windows, it asked me to set up user
> accounts, so i did so. I reinstalled all the software i wanted, then
> ran the Files and Settings Wizard (location, browse to D - I didnt
> quite know where the files were, so I just put in D drive and it
> seemed happy with this choice). It ran (for ages) but nothing is
> different, none of the user accounts have their old settings.
> Questions 1) did i do correctly by setting up user accounts with the
> same names or should i have not done so and left all blank with just
> one administrator account?
> 2) how can i get the image file, which i can see on my d drive, to
> restore the user settings?
> 3) should i go into safe mode and delete all my user accounts and
> run the wizard again to see if it worked?
>
> help!
> thanks
> help?1
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