Transferring an entire Oblivion install.

[dkamm65]

Ok this may or may not be a complicated question, I don't know though, I've never done it before.

 

Here's my situation. I currently have a dual boot of Windows 7 RC and The final version of Windows 7 Ultimate.

 

I have Oblivion installed on the RC version and I want to know if there is a way to transfer the entire install over to Windows 7 Ultimate WITHOUT having to reinstall everything.

 

I have TONS of mods installed and it would be a real pain having to re-download all of them.

 

I assume it's possible since it would be a transfer from one operating system to a nearly identical operating system.

They're both 64 bit, they're both the Ultimate versions, and they both have the same user name to the account.

 

Is this AT ALL possible? I would be willing to manually edit registry settings(if necessary) and everything since it would be easier than re-downloading all of my mods.

 

If you're wondering why I want to transfer it, it's because the operating system I have it installed on is loaded with useless crap software and other junk that slows down my performance. I plan on removing it from my computer anyway, I just don't want to lose all of my Oblivion progress and stuff.

 

PLEASE tell me it's possible, and maybe how to do it (correctly).

[MikeHibs]

You could just install Oblivion, update it, then copy your mods over from your other OS.

That should save the time of changing your registry, without having to re-download your mods.

 

It's not the ideal way of doing this, but it should work.

[Jenrai]

Yeah, thats what I'd do. Well, pretty much. Reinstall then just import the old data folder to your new Oblivion location. Any pluggys/OBMM/OBSE I think will need to be reinstalled though. Not 100% sure about the CS.

 

Also, and I know this kind of double fail safe sometimes takes a while and isn't to everyone's liking, but I've kept the zips of all the Obi mods I've installed and copied them to a CD... just in case. Might be worth thinking about for those of us who have suspect internet connections (thats why I did it), smaller HDDs, or perhaps older computers/master operating systems.

 

Jen