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| 809605 | 2009-09-13 00:22:00 | If I install programs to my D drive does that mean I can reinstall my OS to the C drive without having to reinstall the programs or would I still need to reinstall them after I reinstall my OS? I want to install Win 7 on my new comp and use the RC then when it comes out next month install the final bought version and not have to reinstall all my programs is that possible? :thanks:thanks |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 809606 | 2009-09-13 00:25:00 | No, because you'll probably have to reinstall Win7 anyway (not upgrade from the RC version) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 809607 | 2009-09-13 00:27:00 | Cool that's what I wanted to know, I'll wait a month then thanks Speedy | gary67 (56) | ||
| 809608 | 2009-09-13 02:05:00 | If once the machine is set up I install to D will reinstalling the OS be able to be done without re installing programs? Or would they still need reinstalling? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 809609 | 2009-09-13 02:13:00 | Probably not. The programs need to have info in the registry, (so they'll work) and doing the clean install, it wont have anything in the registry, for whatever program | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 809610 | 2009-09-13 02:16:00 | I was thinking that but didn't know for sure, so can't see any advantage really of installing to D | gary67 (56) | ||
| 809611 | 2009-09-13 02:51:00 | I was thinking that but didn't know for sure, so can't see any advantage really of installing to D A lot of games dont need to install registry settings, which is why my games have their own partition G:, I use S: for storage and point my documents back to that partition. My M: is for music and V: for video....If I lose C: its not a big deal...! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 809612 | 2009-09-13 04:23:00 | I want to install Win 7 on my new comp and use the RC then when it comes out next month install the final bought version and not have to reinstall all my programs is that possible? :thanks:thanks It is possible to upgrade from the RC to the RTM. I have done it myself on 3 machines already using this method. www.askvg.com Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 809613 | 2009-09-13 05:17:00 | So if I bought Win 7 I would need to copy the disc to my HDD and change the file then copy to another disc and run setup is that right Blam, Thanks for the site looks useful | gary67 (56) | ||
| 809614 | 2009-09-13 07:44:00 | So if I bought Win 7 I would need to copy the disc to my HDD and change the file then copy to another disc and run setup is that right Blam, Thanks for the site looks useful Yep, using something like imgburn you would create an image of the DVD, then modify the created iso file using something like PowerISO or UltraISO and then burn it back to a DVD or better yet, to a flash drive(faster installation) using WinToFlash (http://wintoflash.com/) There are pretty much no free ISO editors, but you can get UltraISO free through a promo here (www.raymond.cc) Alternatively, you could mount the ISO, modify the files then rebuilt the ISO, or extract the files from the ISO using 7zip and rebuilt the image using ImgBurn. Cheers Blam |
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