Restore applications

[Guest]

My system hard drive crashed. Luckily, I make regular backups to another
hard drive using Windows backup utility. I bought a new hard drive and made
a clean install of XP. I restored all my data, including the application
folders. However, I want to restore all my applications to the new OS
without reinstalling them, as this would take another day, at least.

Is there a way to restore my previously installed application settings so I
don't have to reinstall all my applications; for instance, using the backup
registry file? I cannot restore the system state since the new hard drive is
larger, and a system state restore requires exact same hardware.

 

[philo]

My system hard drive crashed. Luckily, I make regular backups to another
hard drive using Windows backup utility. I bought a new hard drive and made
a clean install of XP. I restored all my data, including the application
folders. However, I want to restore all my applications to the new OS
without reinstalling them, as this would take another day, at least.

Is there a way to restore my previously installed application settings so I
don't have to reinstall all my applications; for instance, using the backup
registry file? I cannot restore the system state since the new hard drive is
larger, and a system state restore requires exact same hardware.

unless you had cloned your entire system
you will need to reinstall your apps...
it should not be too difficult

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You have to reinstall them to create the needed registry entries. The
programs will not run properly without them, and you can't do it manually.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

This is not the first time I have had to do this; I had a hard drive crash
last year, too. Is there a program that will make regular backups, so if I
have a hard drive crash, I can just buy a new hard drive, do the restore, and
be back the way I was?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Sure, Image for Windows at www.terabyteunlimited.com will help you create
the image and burn it straight to CD/DVD for simple recoveries. There are
many other imaging programs as well

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org