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| Thread ID: 119276 | 2011-07-14 08:23:00 | Interesting Windows Reinstall Option | blanco (11336) | Press F1 |
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| 1216730 | 2011-07-14 08:23:00 | Just read this newsletter and thought you may be interested. Having experienced a fresh win install because of corrupted files I know it takes days to reinstall all the progs and drivers to get things back to where they were. A "normal" reinstall wipes these off the hard drive but this recommended method will reinstall windows without touching anything else on the hard drive Saving a lot of time and work. It applies to Win7 and Vista and there is a link to an article for XP reinstall. Read the info here: windowssecrets.com |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1216731 | 2011-07-14 09:23:00 | Much easier to make an Image of the system. This way you can restore the system in a few minutes. You can use a Program like Acronis etc, or if you have Windows 7 the built in backup utility. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1216732 | 2011-07-14 10:04:00 | I agree and now keep an updated image both internal and external but for those without an image to fall back on the reinstall method described would be of great value. |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1216733 | 2011-07-14 11:33:00 | Done that repair install a several times with W7 - its nothing really new. In fact a couple of articles were written back in 2009 on how to do it, but always good to point out :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1216734 | 2011-07-14 11:39:00 | So that works as per instuctions? No hiiccups? I've been pondering that article as I have been girding up my loins for a reformat for a while . I have done it before, but with Windows XP . This time I have Windows 7 Pro and there were just a few things I was feeling nervous about . Plan to take the article to bed to read (when I get there - doing the washing at the moment . :( ) |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1216735 | 2011-07-14 12:14:00 | Done that repair install a several times with W7 - its nothing really new. In fact a couple of articles were written back in 2009 on how to do it, but always good to point out :) Will it work if the system is virus-infected? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1216736 | 2011-07-14 22:31:00 | Will it work if the system is virus-infected? You couldn't rely on it fixing an infected system . If, for example, an infected file was a system file, that would get overwritten by a kosher one but if the folder or file was something like 12syuek56nn for example, it would remain . Registry entries would likely remain as well . You just couldn't rely on this method so best to fix the 'old' setup . IMHO, of course! |
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