Files and Settings Wizard

[Guest]

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
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[Maurice N ~ MVP]

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

 

[Guest]

I've spent ages trying to find an answer to this, and did look at this one
thanx. However, nowhere can I find anywhere that tells you what to do with
user accounts when you reinstall windows! i.e. do i set up user accounts with
the same names etc? and even if the thing loses my user account info, it
shouldnt have lost my own info, but how do i get it back? what are the step
by step instructions for user accounts and then using FASTS
sorry, my kids are going to kill me for losing all their settings!