Registry Repair Products Reviewed » Windows Configuration http://www.registry-repairs.info/registry_info When your registry is corrupted you can find registry repair products to rebuild your system. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Can I copy part of my old registry into my new one? http://www.registry-repairs.info/registry_info/can-i-copy-part-of-my-old-registry-into-my-new-one/ http://www.registry-repairs.info/registry_info/can-i-copy-part-of-my-old-registry-into-my-new-one/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:53:00 +0000 scottparat http://registry-repairs.info/registry_info/can-i-copy-part-of-my-old-registry-into-my-new-one/ registry repair
werdsmyth_2000 asked:


I’ve just swapped my main hard drive from an old IDE to a new SATA. I ghosted all the data from old to new and repaired windows but the repair didn’t work. As such, I’ve had to reinstall Windows on the SATA.

All the old data is on the SATA from ghosting but due to the clean install, Windows now can’t see any of it. I can still access the old IDE drive, so am able to move across any files that might have been wiped during the clean install. I can also copy across my old start menu programs list from the IDE to the SATA.

The questions I want to ask, however, is whether I can also copy across the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE folder of the old Registry and use it to replace the same folder in the new Registry, so that the new Registry effectively mirrors the software settings of the old.

FIrstly, is this possible? Secondly, if I do it will it make my new Windows configuration see all my programs again? Thirdly, if I do it will I risk breaking everything?

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