Windows XP Home reinstall

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One of my computers crashed recently and I was forced to replace the hard
drive. I use the backup utility from the windows xp disk to backup my
computer. I don't have a full backup, just documents and settings.

I reinstalled windows xp and all of my software, but did not run any
updates. Next, I used the backup utility to restore my previous settings.
Although I can find the files that contain my internet favorites, cookies,
settings and such, I can't seem to access them through internet explorer and
outlook. I am also having a difficult time figuring out how to restore my
account information for both IE and Outlook.

Does anyone know how I can retrieve all of this information and restore my
computer to its previous settings?

Thank in advance for you help and suggestions.
 
Hoopty said:
One of my computers crashed recently and I was forced to replace the hard
drive. I use the backup utility from the windows xp disk to backup my
computer. I don't have a full backup, just documents and settings.

I reinstalled windows xp and all of my software, but did not run any
updates. Next, I used the backup utility to restore my previous settings.
Although I can find the files that contain my internet favorites, cookies,
settings and such, I can't seem to access them through internet explorer
and
outlook. I am also having a difficult time figuring out how to restore my
account information for both IE and Outlook.

Does anyone know how I can retrieve all of this information and restore my
computer to its previous settings?

Thank in advance for you help and suggestions.
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To my best knowledge, you should have both systems identical in service
packs and patches. Your personal configuration is located under under
documents and settings(and it should be located in the same place in your
backup). Make sure you have the full rights to the old backup, and then try
to restore you profile, but make sure you backup your current profile
first, and create a system restoe point.
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