Should I even try?

A couple of weeks ago, my main PC suffered a fatal failure in the BDC/bootloader segment of the primary OS (Windows 11 25H2) SSD.

My data was unaffected due to proper backup strategies and keeping data on separate physical SSD’s.

I was able to mount the unbootable SSD as a second USB drive using an M.2/USB adapter and see the file system however.

Thus I was able to recover the binaries/data in ProgramData, Program Files (x86), Program Files and my user profile folder, including all the bits and pieces of the PixInsight 1.9.3 installation.

I just installed PixInsight 1.9.4 and activated it.

My question is whether I should venture down the rabbit hole of attempting to migrate settings files from the old install into the new install.

I do realize that I will have to manually rebuild my repository structures, paying close attention to inserting the correct URL’s for tools that have been updated, plus I’ll have to reinstall my RC-Astro stuff.

But if it’s possible to recover the systems settings (preferences) by reusing the correct items, that’d save me a fair chunk of time.

Anyone care to comment on this “plan”? Good? Bad? Why??