Windows Reinstall Question
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Another shot of booze? :~ :-D
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Another shot of booze? :~ :-D
Larry Antram wrote: Another shot of booze? :~ :-D Not a chance at the moment, maybe tomorrow. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote: Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Make sure your wife actually saved all her documents in the My Documents! on the other drive :-D Also: Browser Favourites? Wallpaper? Mouse cursors? Screen saver? Extra fonts? Outlook address book? (This might be covered by .pst and profile)
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Michael Martin wrote: Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Make sure your wife actually saved all her documents in the My Documents! on the other drive :-D Also: Browser Favourites? Wallpaper? Mouse cursors? Screen saver? Extra fonts? Outlook address book? (This might be covered by .pst and profile)
Graham Bradshaw wrote: Browser Favourites? Now there's one I didn't remember, thanks. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
The "Application Data" and "Local Settings" under C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\ I Know that email apps like Mozilla/Thunderbird keep the files under "Local Settings" by default unless you change teh settings. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Setup programs for downloaded software Favourites Firefox Plugins & Extensions Game Saves Fonts Custom dictionary You may also want to check out this Whirlpool Wiki... http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=formating%20your%20computer[^] Finally, don't foget the \pr0n folder :laugh:
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Were I you and this machine is not on a domain I would download this tool by Lavalys and run a full system report. It will tell you drivers and devices installed and can generally be very helpful after the fact. http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en[^] If you have a bunch of Microsoft and other software installed download Belarc Advisor it will tell you a lot of information about your system and most importantly it will show you almost all of your product keys (it can come in very handy). http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html[^] Aside from that there's a whole pile of other things you should check but the list you have is all the biggies. The rest is really hard to detail and I don't have the time. I would say for 90% of instances the files and data you are already getting is all there is to worry about. The only thing I would say is that if she has MP3 music, FTP server saved connections that type of stuff. Back it up. Good Luck - Rex
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Cookies. The tigress is here :-D
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
probably a bit late now, but one thing i always forget to do is to put my network driver on a disk. it's integrated on my motherboard and i end up spending ages at the intel site trying to find the right driver, because it's about as clear as mud.
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Any Bookmarks that she may have. I also tend o save a copy of my Desktop since it has all the Quick Launch shortcuts and the IE Favorites. You may also want to save any application's configuration settings that she has, that you plan on re-installing. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math
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Need to reinstall Windows on my wife's computer. Before I blow away the partition and start the install I want to backup anything useful on the C: drive. I am slowly getting over a humungous hang-over I aquired yesterday morning drinking with some Tongan's after work so am not thinking all that well. Therefore need to ask here in case I am forgetting something. My Dpcuments is sitting on a seperate drive so no worries there. Outlook.pst has been backed up and I have experted the Outlook profile settings from the registry. Anything else important I should get before reinstallation? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
I usually just buy another HD or use one I previously had and keep the current one as a backup just in case I forgot something. It usually happens that after a week or so, I will find a need for files I forgot to copy... Also, if you get a set drive drawer, it makes it easy to swap back when you need to.. Rocky <>< My Blog[^]