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Windows XP reinstall

  • 10-04-2007 7:54pm
    #1
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭


    Folks,

    I need to reinstall Windows XP. Well I suppose I could get away with not doing it but it's gone so slow I can't do anything.

    I've spent the day googling life and what I've come to the conclusion is that I am prepared to reinstall all the software I need, and even if that means I miss stuff okay. As I type, Documents and Settings is backing up on to an external drive. The critical software which I need and will reinstall afterwards is Photoshop Elements, Works Suite, Firefox, the network card, the modem software. I know that I'll have to redo security stuff and there'll be Windows updates as well.

    But from what I can see, regardless of what I've read all day long, once I have backed up Documents and Settings, I could probably get away with formatting and and reinstalling from scratch and then just gradually catch up on the missing stuff - nuisance, but not difficult. So am I missing something terribly obvious? I know what software I run regularly and it's my priority to set up. If I miss stuff I can live with it or get around it provided I get a network connecton up and running - I'm pretty certain I'll have to reconfigure that from scratch anyway. So what am I missing?

    Can I just do this and have done with it instead of messing around copying old versions of My Docs and creating new versions and recopying stuff too and from it? provided everything is on my external drive?


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  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Nope don't think your missing anything though just double check you didn't save any personal data outside of the My Documents folders. E-mail if it is in a local client like Outlook will need to be exported beforehand.

    After the format and re-install of XP and your programs you can't simply copy the contents of documents and settings back over in one go as that will screw up Windows of course.

    You will have to cherry pick your data which is not too difficult just copy the My Documents folder over and your favourites from IE if you used it.

    (If you where willing to spend the time you could probably prune away the stuff that is slowing down your existing Windows install all it takes is some good maintenance to get it up to speed again)


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