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how do i backup as many system settings as possible before reinstall
hi all,
i pretty much have backed up and reinstalled all versions of windows since the beginning, and have done it some pretty technical ways as well doing system restores using sysvol information, easy transfer, FAST, Windows Backup, ghost, nero, copy and paste, rebuild, etc....
what im looking for this time around is the easiest way to backup as many system settings as possible but dump the registry, codecs and drivers so that when i reinstall i have a clean start with hardware and system both. I would prefer a fresh install and will be going onto a freshly formatted drive. I would like to backup the apps as well if theres a program that will do that and let me have a new registry that it can place the backed up apps individually.
This PC has Win7x64Ult, and the new install will be on my other PC where ill want to apply these settings to after im done.
Im switching roles on an arch linux box with a win7x64ult machine so one will get the other and vice versa. Of course the one with the newer faster components will be the one thats getting the new windows.