I had to do a Repair, and it went a little crazy, My electricity cut off due to a transformer burn out for hours when I turned computer on it would not open windows xp, I did a repair solely to copy the information I had on my computer, which I was able to do, but not without a hassel, I had to install xp seperate as a new install, yet I still can see old programs and old downloads that I saved, I was able to copy to cd all my old programs and any new drivers but can't find out how to copy my profile such as my services running with the old xp, ANY HINTS WHERE TO FIND THIS. When I turn on the computer it boots up and gives me a choice of (2) xp's the 1st one works but second one does not, yet I can see my programs from the 1st xp which must be the new one, and the second one just does nothing. All I want to do is copy my services running from my prior XP then I am going to just do a clean install and delete both xp's and start new, but would save a lot of time if I knew my settings from before?

Programs or services? There's a difference. Services run generally on PC boot, and do random stuff, from playing audio to writing a log you'll never read. Programs are the things you use.

You cannot copy 'programs' and/or 'services' from one computer to another. The programs will all have to be reinstalled on the second computer. I hope you have all of the install programs, they 'can' be copied to the second computer. My guess is that you did the 'Repair' wrong and instead did an second install of another XP. You could try the 'Repair again to the original XP and you 'might' recover the system. Then you could delete the second install. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...

It is Services running I wanted to copy, such as (Wireless networking service) just to name a simple one, I know there are tons of them and I had stoped ones I did not need and it took me forever to get them right, thats the ones I wanted a copy of if I could just see a list I would write them down but don't know where to look, When I did a repair I tried twice and it would not repair, so I did a new install on the same computer so I have 2 xp's right now I am able to look from the new install to the old files but can't boot to the old xp, I was able to copy programs that I had previously installed that I kept on the hard drive, my Antivirus to name one so that I could install before going on line, these are the programs I mentioned I wanted to copy, which I did, but now trying to see the Services that were running in the old xp but don't know where to look. I am goong to do a complete install clean and delete both installs and start fresh but wanted all the information first.

The steps required to do what you want is long and cumbersome, but here's what to do. Step 1: In the Run box, type regedit to open the registry editor. Step 2: Select HKEY_USERS Step 3: File -> Load Hive Step 4: Navigate to your old Windows install. (Probably C:\Windows) From there, navigate to the system32 folder, then the config. Open system. It'll ask for a key name. Just type s. If all goes well, you'll have a new folder. Specifically, HKEY_USERS\s (hereby called HKU\s). Step 5: In HKEY_USERS\s, there should be a folder called Select. In there should be an entry called Current. That number correlates to the configuration Windows is using. Since each configuration is stored in a ControlSet999, you should know which ControlSet to use. Example: HKU\s\Select\Current = 1 => Open ControlSet001 Current = 3 => ControlSet003 Step 6:In that ControlSet, expand the Services folder. Each folder in Services represents a service or device driver registered with your system. Step 7: Use Ctrl-F to bring up the Find dialog. Uncheck Keys, Uncheck Values, check Data. Start searching for the name of your service. Step 8:Copy down the Start's data (the Data column). Repeat steps 7 and 8 as needed for each service. Just make sure you're still in your ControlSet's tree. (See if it's still listed in the status bar.) Step 9: Navigate to your HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet. Step 10: Start searching for the same services as before. Only this time, replace the Start's value with what you copied down. Repeat as needed. Step 11: Since we no longer need HKU\s, select it and go to File -> Unload Hive. Step 11: Reboot to ensure you still have a working install of Windows. If not, use the restore point you created before actually starting step 1 and try again (or not).

Thank you that is what I needed.