well, disregard the last post, i followed the microsoft issue, and it works great...however, as mentioned above, my files are all outdated, or i cant access some of the files for the programs to run. is there different folders than application data that needs to bge brought over to the new system? also, how can i deleate the older os w/out losin the files that i have on the new one. im worried about the program files that might be lost by deleating the original os.
No, you cannot simply move the registry files, programs, and Windows updates. All programs will have to be reinstalled and all Windows updates will have have to be redownloaded and reinstalled. This will rewrite the registry correctly so that everything will work. Once this is done, then you can move data files to the new operating system's folder structure, and finally, once you are sure that you have all of the data, you can delete the previous directory structure.
now my computer thinks it needs all the new files to stay up-to-date, even tho it was on the other os. anyway of transfering those files over so i wont be updating my computer continously? SP@ would be nice to not have to download again, but to just transfer.
This depends on the directory structure that you end up with. If the program files from the new installation go into the old directory structure, then you would not want to erase those files. The old files would have been overwritten, so there would not be an issue of space. You would, however, want to remove the old copy of Windows under and every thing under the old Windows directory.
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See the following:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=308421
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No, you cannot simply move the registry files, programs, and Windows updates. All programs will have to be reinstalled and all Windows updates will have have to be redownloaded and reinstalled. This will rewrite the registry correctly so that everything will work. Once this is done, then you can move data files to the new operating system's folder structure, and finally, once you are sure that you have all of the data, you can delete the previous directory structure.
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now my computer thinks it needs all the new files to stay up-to-date, even tho it was on the other os. anyway of transfering those files over so i wont be updating my computer continously? SP@ would be nice to not have to download again, but to just transfer.
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I descirbed several tasks. Which one are you asking about?
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This depends on the directory structure that you end up with. If the program files from the new installation go into the old directory structure, then you would not want to erase those files. The old files would have been overwritten, so there would not be an issue of space. You would, however, want to remove the old copy of Windows under and every thing under the old Windows directory.
Steve