Resolved reinstalled win7 ultimate questions

To get rid of the virtual disk service error, i reinstalled win7 and it did fix
the problem about not getting into disk management and control panel.

The reinstall took my old programs, files, settings and saved them to a windows.old folder.
Is there a way to get these programs back (from windows.old to the current windows folder? And put the program files, /program files(x86) folders into the current matching folders?

Why I'm asking - the reinstall went a lot faster (than the first) and only
about half of the display settings are present. For example, can't find the
advanced display settings (font, etc) and when i reinstalled the printer
no icons appeared on the desktop. There are more but you get the idea....

thanks,
savagcl

 

Thanks, Arie!

I'll whip this puppy yet!!

savagcl

 

One more follow-on question -

If I backup the windows.old to an external drive, do the custom install,
would it then be possible to copy the files/programs from the external
drive to the C:\Program Files and Program Files(X86) folder and maybe
have some of them work? If this won't work, why do a backup since
I'll be starting from scratch?

I realize these would not be in the registry and all the updated drivers
would still have to be installed.

thanks again,
savagcl