If you install a new copy of XP in a folder with a different name (say "winxp" instead of "windows") you can then copy user profiles across to the new installation.
See: http://www.petri.co.il/copy_user_profiles_in_windows_xp.htm Regards ____________________________________ Neil Atwood - Sydney, Australia http://westserve.org - Blog, Christianity, Coffee and Tech Stuff. :-----Original Message----- :From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- :[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Boswell :Sent: Friday, 18 November 2005 11:20 PM :To: The Hardware List :Subject: [H] Extracting profile from a dead Windows XP installation : :Hi guys, : : :long story: : :mainboard dies :replace mainboard with identical mainboard :machine bluescreens during bootup in an entirely non-helpful way :do repair installation of XP SP2; no change, still bluescreens :put harddisk in an entirely different machine with a different :chipset, do another repair install of windows, no change : :What. the. hell. : :Suggestions? : : :the data on the disk is intact, but that windows install has utterly :borked itself to FUBAR status, is there an easy/semi-easy way to :transfer the profiles across to another install (which I've done and :works) on the same disk : : :yes yes, I know, take backups... ::( : :help plz. : :-_-_ :James Boswell :[EMAIL PROTECTED] :ICQ : 1653327 | AIM : TorazChryx :MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
