Formatting and Registry Backups

[MDEdwards]

I am planning to format the partition with windows xp on it,and doing a fresh install... if I wanted to backup my registry (because all the software I want to keep is on a seperate partition), and then merged that registry with my new windows xp install, will that work?

 

[wolluf]

i wouldn't think so - need to reinstall software after reinstall.

also - presumably doing fresh install for a reason - why would you want all your 'old' registry in your new set up?

 

[MDEdwards]

I want them because of the 160gb of software I have installed on my other partitions which I do not feel like reinstalling

 

[linney]

This article may give you some ideas. It wont hurt to read it.

How to Move a Windows XP Installation to Different Hardware

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314070&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH