How can I safely port my wordpress blog to localhost?

Bulldog

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I'm trying to make local development copies for my wordpress blog. I tried first to install wordpress locally (on XAMPP for Windows), install the plugins then import the live data (from a DB backup). The problem is whenever I import the live data I start getting all sorts of errors, even after I change the blog's URL through the database.Also, the redirection rules I have on my server don't seem to work locally (whether set by wordpress or some of its plugins).So is there a safe way to just grab the whole thing and make it work locally exactly like the server?Your help is much appreciated :)
 
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