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| 414282 | 2005-12-20 22:06:00 | 1) On my XP Pro sp1 machine I've got my programs and Windows on seperate partitions. If I do a repair of Windows will I lose my applications and Windows settings. 2) Same question, but what will happen to my apps if I do a reformat of my Windows partition and then reinstall? In either case, should I first uninstall all my apps first? Thanks. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 414283 | 2005-12-20 22:15:00 | Q 1: No Q2: Apps will have big problems. Longer term solution: Use a drive imaging program to make a backup of yor OS drive. Reinstallation just because of an OS problem becomes a thing of the past, but I'd image your apps drive as well, because if either drive gets orphaned you will lose control of the apps. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 414284 | 2005-12-20 22:18:00 | It depends on the apps. If they require registry entires to work - like MS Office - you would need to reinstall them. But quite a lot don't actually care and once you recreate your shortcut icons they will load and run quite happily. The repair won't affect anything - just replace the Windows system stuff. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 414285 | 2005-12-20 22:24:00 | Thanks both. Use a drive imaging program to make a backup of yor OS drive. I don't think that'll help because the opsys is behaving strangely so I don't want to copy the problems. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 414286 | 2005-12-22 11:56:00 | Feedback: Thanks again. The repair went smoothly. Just a couple of niggly things went wrong which had to be reset, but it resolved the problem I was having. | Greg (193) | ||
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