settings preservation

About this tag
Settings preservation on WindowsForum.com covers methods to retain application configurations, user preferences, and system customizations during OS upgrades, drive migrations, or reinstallations. Discussions include transferring settings from Windows XP to a new drive using tools like Acronis Disk Director, preserving programs and settings when moving from Windows 7 RC1 to RTM, and resolving access issues to the Documents and Settings folder. Users seek to avoid losing personalized settings after hardware changes or fresh installations, often requiring manual backup or third-party utilities to maintain their environment.

  1. Windows XP Lost my XP after moving partition to new drive - how do I restore?

    I upgraded my SATA drive from 500 to 1 Tb & used Acronis Disk Director to move all 8 partitions across to it. XP is still showing as the 1st partition, healthy, active etc, yet when I try to boot directly from it the PC just hangs & goes nowhere as if it was a data only drive. Is there an...
    • TKR99
    • Thread
    • acronis boot issues data loss disk director os recovery partition sata drive settings preservation upgrade process windows xp
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  2. Windows 7 Access denied C:\Documents & Settings

    Hi all, I did a search on this and I cannot find that the problem has been resolved, not in a way that works for me anyway. Issue: when I try to open C:\Documents & Settings I get "acess denied". This despite that my being logged in as admin. I mean, I installed Windows 7 RC1 on the machine...
    • Commander_Cool
    • Thread
    • access denied admin rights data transfer documents folder error message file access installation permissions registry tweaks settings preservation software installation software migration system issues tech support troubleshooting windows 7 windows settings windows upgrade
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support