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Need help with XP system after Win 7 install
This forum was extremely helpful in setting up my new W7 Pro install. I wanted to keep my old XP system bootable via bios (not normal dual boot ) but goofed in early stages. I installed new motherboard/cpu/memory prior to starting and goofed severely by booting up system prior to W7 install.
This apparently screwed up my XP...and with very limited help from Microsoft groups...I was luckily able to get XP to boot without a complete reinstall...but via what they called a "repair install"...I lost all programs/data, etc in the process...which I thought the "repair install" was supposed to save ?
I do have 2 or 3 bootable cloned drives ( separate - not in current W7 Pro system ) of my long time working XP installation. (XP working drive is in box/bios as second Sata HDD - not boot drive now). Is there a way to get all the programs/data imported into the new working XP installation on the new system from the drives I cloned ?
Obviously I can't just put them back in the box as the boot drive since they are setup under the old motherboard/cpu etc (HAL issue I think). From the booting new XP system...can I "migrate" everything from one of the cloned drives into the working upgraded XP C: drive if I install one of the clones in the box as a second ( non-booting ) drive and how would I go about this ? (1st disconnecting the W7 drive of course)
Will the XP version of Windows Easy Transfer work for me to recover all my programs/settings/data, etc from the backup drive...?...or how else can this be done ?
Thanks much, Tim