I helped a friend upgrade from ME to XP and everything was perfect until the Windows Update.
At the restart the system kept restarting and at boot and I noticed a quick XP blue screen but it was far to fast to reed anything. I tried doing a reinstall to repair the install but the repair option was not available and a new install was made. So there are two coppies of the settings and derectories one old and one new.
I was wondering if anybody knows if there is a way to restore the old install using the new one or at least find the old registry and program date so I could make the current system work with all the already installed software.
If there is some other program outside widnows that can do a partial repair, please tell me as the alternative would be a reinstall of all software.
Also since all the folders from the old windows are still tehere, is there a way to reomve them when I am done and then rename the new folders the same as the old instead of the .windows names with the new folders.
Please help in any way you can.
Thank You
At the restart the system kept restarting and at boot and I noticed a quick XP blue screen but it was far to fast to reed anything. I tried doing a reinstall to repair the install but the repair option was not available and a new install was made. So there are two coppies of the settings and derectories one old and one new.
I was wondering if anybody knows if there is a way to restore the old install using the new one or at least find the old registry and program date so I could make the current system work with all the already installed software.
If there is some other program outside widnows that can do a partial repair, please tell me as the alternative would be a reinstall of all software.
Also since all the folders from the old windows are still tehere, is there a way to reomve them when I am done and then rename the new folders the same as the old instead of the .windows names with the new folders.
Please help in any way you can.
Thank You
