[X4U] Copying User Accounts

[P. H. Adams]

On May 7, 2005, at 5:44 AM, P. H. Adams wrote:

> If I just copy them over to the external will they be recognized by  
> the system, or should I create new accounts and copy the data over?

I hate to reply to my own post, but to state the problem more clearly:

If I reinstall the operating system, then just copy the old user  
folders into the "Users" folder, will they be recognized by the  
system as valid user accounts, or is there a better way to do it?