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Thread ID: 37969	2003-09-23 06:38:00	Whats the main differences between a reinstall or a refresh? of systems.	beetle (243)	Press F1

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177329	2003-09-23 06:38:00	apologies if this has been asked before. Win XP home. ok back to square one it seems i had printed out a sheet on a refresh (which i seem to have misplaced) and was wondering what the main differences are between the two .... like one does....... while the other does..... i looked at the FAG on reinstall but it was not for XP ? so have got back to the mad hatter idea of refresh or reinstall my puter, and start from fresh (sorry) as i was expecting it to be reinstalled when it came back last time. so im looking for a good printout sheet showing me / telling me and then i find some ... Geek to help me do this..... LOL i really am certain i should not ever have badgered hubby for a puter ever if i had known the hassles i was going to have.... :D :p but what else would i be doing if not on the puter ? oh yes cleaning.... joy. beetle beetle	beetle (243)
177330	2003-09-23 07:00:00	and yes i am sifting my way through search pf1, but this seems to slow down my puter enormously and takes forever to load any page, and as for the FAG's tomorow will get here faster... beetle	beetle (243)
177331	2003-09-23 07:09:00	>and as for the FAG's > tomorow will get here faster... Not politically correct to refer to FAG's? What is a FAG in this case? Another G and it could be a coffee. Ohh .. do you mean a FAQ? (Frequently Asked Questions) Anyway, there is no defined term "refresh". It means whatever you want it to mean. For some its a re-install (over the top installation) For some its a repair. In your case I suspect you want to reload Windows again, over the top of the present copy. But why?	godfather (25)
177332	2003-09-23 07:16:00	> In your case I suspect you want to reload Windows > again, over the top of the present copy. > > But why? see here: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz ( 45 posts long :D)	stu140103 (137)
177333	2003-09-23 07:18:00	when i sent it away i expected it to be done. because they never did it when it went back to base and now if you see my other post on IM / Trillian probs, and also some have suggested it to me. not sure whether i should go whole hog and reinstall or just try a repair, as have never done either, wondered what people had to say about the differences and what it changes or delets basically and how much i would have to have reinstalled (prog wise) if it had been done i may not have been in this state but am not sure which route to follow now. but at least if they changed the mother board should not be going to go pop from power surge it had? apart from the fact i have no idea what is wrong or what i really should do..... i have no real answer just babble, reiterateing what people have told me. beetle	beetle (243)
177334	2003-09-23 07:39:00	Reinstall and refresh are basically the same thing . A reformat is, however, totally different to the above and that may be what you are thinking of when you want to know the difference . A reformat will wipe all your hard drive of everything on it for you to reinstall Windows and all your programs and data . That is what you were wanting the PC Co to do when you sent them your computer for repair . A repair is sort of like a reinstall, only it doesn't plonk everything in Windows back over itself like a refresh/reinstall does . A repair just fixes the bits it thinks are missing . As I said to you before, whatever you do you are probably looking at reinstalling SP1 and all the critical updates again so do remember that . There is no way of getting around that with any of the options with the possible exception of a repair because I cannot remember whether I had to reinstall my updates or not . Apart from the possible hassle of reinstalling SP1 and the updates, doing a reinstall/refresh or a repair might fix your Trillian problems . Or it might not . Any more questions? :-)	Susan B (19)
177335	2003-09-23 07:47:00	thanxs ... !!!! yep heaps! of questions, so if i did a refresh / repair first and then later if i still have probs go from there? i may not lose all info i thought i would or was going to? and then find some other ding bat like me (much more geeky who knows what they doing) to help me do a reformat? start from scratch like ( i have so much spare time for that one > not.) and give me some time and i ll think of some more.... :D ya know i always have questions and a lot of dumb ones to that no one seems to be able to fix, maybe im a geek in disguise checking out how much you all know..... LOL not, no such thing here. a geek that is. beetle	beetle (243)
177336	2003-09-23 08:08:00	What you might like to do is to visit your local computer shop with all your WinXP CD plus your other CD's (like printer, motherboard, MSWorks etc) and just get them to do it for you. They will backup your Documents first and then put them back on afterwards. If your WinXP doesn't include SP1, just ask them to install it for you as well. This way you are guaranteed no headaches/grief/sleepless nights worrying about doing it yourself. It shouldn't cost much and probably can be done the same day. Easy as :)	Jen C (20)
177337	2003-09-23 10:37:00	thats a good idea Jen c, i had been thinking along lines of someone help me so i can remember for next time!!!!! LOL hopefully no next time but to get that geek status you have to do things your self dont you ???? :p so when i fiddle dangerously i can fix it.. :D yeah maybe thats the safest way let my fingers do the walking and phone someplaces this week to see what they say. thanxs beetle	beetle (243)
177338	2003-09-25 03:06:00	ok some more questions. when you do a reinstall everything on the puter get wiped or not? the start up / boot sequence ? dos stuff/ bios stuff? and if all the rest is windows stuff its all gone ? sorta like a blank peice of paper? and if i do do a reinstall its win xp, but should i also format it / partition it? as later i would like to look at linux (and i have no idea what its like at this stage just a random thought here). and that would mean getting rid of or partitioning the system so i could have both? flag that it sounds to hard... so what i am asking is is there anything it doesnt delete or overide so its not there any more? and repair / refresh - this is a fix it thing so it fixes what windows thinks is faulty or broken or ? and that may or may not fix my current problem anyway? thanxs beetle	beetle (243)
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