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SuperstarAndyyy

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    Windows repair and profiles
    « on: May 31, 2009, 10:32:41 AM »
    Quick question, If I do a windows xp repair install and the system has two profiles already installed on it do I lose those profiles? Do I lose Internet explorer cookies after the install?
    Please let me know cause I'm dead in the water right now.
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    Re: Windows repair and profiles
    « Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 10:34:16 AM »
    Quote from: SuperstarAndyyy on May 31, 2009, 10:32:41 AM
    Do I lose Internet explorer cookies after the install?

    I don't know about the first bit, but by doing a repair install you will lose all files and data on the computer.
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    Re: Windows repair and profiles
    « Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 10:37:03 AM »
    Quote from: kpac on May 31, 2009, 10:34:16 AM
    I don't know about the first bit, but by doing a repair install you will lose all files and data on the computer.
    I'm fairly sure you will lose all profiles too, and a default administrator profile will be created after the repair is done.
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      Re: Windows repair and profiles
      « Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 11:00:42 AM »
      OK I will need to do a repair installation of Windowsxp and do not want to lose my stuff in the profiles. Now I have moved all the data in the documents and settings folder for all users and for each other user. They are safe on another drive. What I need is also to save the cookies from IE and from Firefox to this other drive. How do I do that? I can't find where they are located.
      Please help.......
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      Re: Windows repair and profiles
      « Reply #4 on: May 31, 2009, 11:02:49 AM »
      Quote from: SuperstarAndyyy on May 31, 2009, 11:00:42 AM
      OK I will need to do a repair installation of Windowsxp and do not want to lose my stuff in the profiles. Now I have moved all the data in the documents and settings folder for all users and for each other user. They are safe on another drive. What I need is also to save the cookies from IE and from Firefox to this other drive. How do I do that? I can't find where they are located.
      Please help.......
      Why do you need the cookies? They're not used much except for remembering passwords for sites.
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        Re: Windows repair and profiles
        « Reply #5 on: May 31, 2009, 11:11:48 AM »
        Well there is one game I play that holds all the info via a cookie so I don't want to lose that.
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        Re: Windows repair and profiles
        « Reply #6 on: May 31, 2009, 11:15:01 AM »
        If you backup everything in the AppData folder to a flash drive, and then paste it back after the re-install, your cookies will still be there.

        But, you'd be better off backing-up everything before re-installing.
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        Re: Windows repair and profiles
        « Reply #7 on: May 31, 2009, 11:30:23 AM »
        Quote from: kpac on May 31, 2009, 11:15:01 AM
        If you backup everything in the AppData folder to a flash drive, and then paste it back after the re-install, your cookies will still be there.

        But, you'd be better off backing-up everything before re-installing.
        Unless some file is causing troubles, making the OP want to reinstall...so basically back up everything that you would WANT.
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        Re: Windows repair and profiles
        « Reply #8 on: May 31, 2009, 12:18:47 PM »
        Quote from: kpac on May 31, 2009, 10:34:16 AM
        I don't know about the first bit, but by doing a repair install you will lose all files and data on the computer.

        A Repair Install if done properly does NOT lose any data at all...

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