Questions about WinXP Pro 'Registry' backup

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Okie Noah

I have a Laptop, running WinXP Pro. There are a lots of old junk in it.
I want to do a cleanup of my Laptop, (& reformat the drive), but keep
some useful programs and get rid of the rest. If I run 'regedit' and export
the reg file, and save it in a CD and also save the 'Program Files' and
'Windows' directories, would it be possible to recreate the running
conditions of the saved programs, by 'Importing' the reg file ?

Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.

[P.S. I still have the original CDs of all of these programs, but some CDs
are not readable. I still have the serial numbers on the CDs].
 
Hi Okie,

No, restoring the registry in this way will not work, and should not
be tried.

You should call the manufacturer of the software in question and ask
for a replacement disk.
 
Some of the software is old and the manufacturers are gone.
I guess I am out of luck. Thanks for the advice.



| Hi Okie,
|
| No, restoring the registry in this way will not work, and should not
| be tried.
|
| You should call the manufacturer of the software in question and ask
| for a replacement disk.
|
| --
| Regards,
| Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
| http://dts-l.org/
|
|
| Okie Noah wrote:
| > I have a Laptop, running WinXP Pro. There are a lots of
| > old junk in it.
| > I want to do a cleanup of my Laptop, (& reformat the
| > drive), but keep
| > some useful programs and get rid of the rest. If I run
| > 'regedit' and export the reg file, and save it in a CD
| > and also save the 'Program Files' and 'Windows'
| > directories, would it be possible to recreate the
| > running conditions of the saved programs, by 'Importing'
| > the reg file ?
| >
| > Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
| >
| > [P.S. I still have the original CDs of all of these
| > programs, but some CDs are not readable. I still have
| > the serial numbers on the CDs].
|
|
 
Your welcome Okie.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Okie said:
Some of the software is old and the manufacturers are
gone.
I guess I am out of luck. Thanks for the advice.



Bert Kinney said:
Hi Okie,

No, restoring the registry in this way will not work,
and should not be tried.

You should call the manufacturer of the software in
question and ask for a replacement disk.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Okie said:
I have a Laptop, running WinXP Pro. There are a lots of
old junk in it.
I want to do a cleanup of my Laptop, (& reformat the
drive), but keep
some useful programs and get rid of the rest. If I run
'regedit' and export the reg file, and save it in a CD
and also save the 'Program Files' and 'Windows'
directories, would it be possible to recreate the
running conditions of the saved programs, by 'Importing'
the reg file ?

Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.

[P.S. I still have the original CDs of all of these
programs, but some CDs are not readable. I still have
the serial numbers on the CDs].
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