HDD Miraculously Recovered (!!!) - help with last step 3

[rdy4trvl]

As you might have seen on a previous post - I recovered my data from a dead/dieing HDD (called the December Disk). Near miraculous – equivalent to the Virgin Mary appearing on a grilled-cheese (see Ebay).

Now the easy part: I’m now working off a backup drive with old data (November Disk). Basically I’d like to replace all of the old data on November with the recoverable data (from December) …two very basic questions:

1. Can I simply drag and drop My Documents (or Desktop?) folder and click yes to overwrite the files.
2. Most importantly – what files from my Documents and Settings can I drag and drop to update my “Favorites” and other non-program changes since I backed up?

Thanks again!

 

[SkipCox]

A suggestion to make sure you don't overwrite info you need to save:

Rename your old "My Documents" folder to "My Docs" or "ralph"...anything; and drag that to your new hdd.

You can then compare the folders for content. It'll eat up some hdd space but you're assured you won't overwrite important files.

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[edemiere]

rdy4trvl:

On each of the hard drives/partitions I have in my systems I keep a directory called "ztemp" (so its always last in my folders alphabetical list).

Anytime I am going to reinstall windows or perhaps change disks as you are doing, I copy all my relevant folders to THAT folder. (i.e. My Documents, My Music, Start Menu, SendTo, Desktop, etc) and I copy the files over manually. The only thing I never copy and overwrite is the desktop.ini as the one on your new disk/partition is the new desktop.ini file and for any bogus or corrupted setting for viewing in the old one, I just don't overwrite it.

Once I have everything I want where I want it, then I delete the folders/files from the ztemp directory.

Just another approach (of a possible many) to the same scenario. With patience, diligence and some uncommon sense, you can get all your stuff back where you had it with no side effects.

(Yes, I said uncommon sense, because why call it 'common' when so few seem to possess it?)

Cheers!