# Help needed recovering config after crash
**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/help-needed-recovering-config-after-crash/9026
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [January 6, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/help-needed-recovering-config-after-crash/9026 "2010-01-06T06:15:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@sinthome](https://resource.dopus.com/u/sinthome)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/help-needed-recovering-config-after-crash/9026/1 "2010-01-06T06:15:42Z")
Ok, so my HDD is fine but trapped in a more or less dead laptop. I was able to access it through Ubuntu Live CD and transfer most everything onto an external drive. I am now setting up Dopus on a new computer and I am wondering if I can transfer over my old settings without having a ready made 'configuration backup' file. Can I achieve the same results through some amount of copy-pasting in the old files?
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### Author:  [@Steve](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Steve)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/help-needed-recovering-config-after-crash/9026/2 "2010-01-06T06:59:21Z")
There's a [FAQ](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-to-backup-or-locate-your-opus-configuration-advanced/8007/1) on this. Like we always say, have a look around and try searching before posting often repeated questions please.