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| 1233476 | 2011-09-25 09:50:00 | Partition HDD XP home - 26Gb used and 123GB free - is it possible to partition my disk and back up my contents to one area then selectively reinstall the original contents - with, say, Partition magic or Acronis true image, or, i know i can reformat then reinstall but getting all the programmes and extras back can be a real hassle so would appreciate some help please |
jayal (1291) | ||
| 1233477 | 2011-09-25 09:55:00 | what are you trying to achieve ? | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1233478 | 2011-09-25 11:58:00 | To get his question answered, would be my guess!! | DUNK (1527) | ||
| 1233479 | 2011-09-25 18:55:00 | I don't think you can selectively re install stuff from a backup as you would be creating an image of the whole drive and when you restore that image everything is put back | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1233480 | 2011-09-25 20:41:00 | Thanks Dunk, right on! - to continue, a previous XP reinstall by another "expert" was different to mine, he never asked for my original; subsequently small problems (nuisances) exist, e.g. services is not available, a file is missing though it is there - the games are not available though they also are there but, etc - tried to get them off my disk but errors show up - i can live with the system the way it is but it's a b****y nuisance, and so Gary67, will take that on board, thanks |
jayal (1291) | ||
| 1233481 | 2011-09-25 21:51:00 | Thanks Dunk, right on! - to continue, a previous XP reinstall by another "expert" was different to mine, he never asked for my original; subsequently small problems (nuisances) exist, e.g. services is not available, a file is missing though it is there - the games are not available though they also are there but, etc - tried to get them off my disk but errors show up - i can live with the system the way it is but it's a b****y nuisance, and so Sounds like he did a repair reinstall and your games etc don't work because the registry entries for them don't exist on the new installation of windows. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1233482 | 2011-09-26 05:33:00 | thanks Agent_24, any suggestions to rectify? - apart from a format and reinstall | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1233483 | 2011-09-26 06:20:00 | Reinstalling the game\program etc will usually fix it. You may have to delete the old files in 'Program Files' etc first though as it may not install if they are still there. Best course of action (for a clean start and no problems) would be a format and reinstall, of course. |
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