formatting today.....remind me of all the things i need to backup...

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Paulson
Notfred, some people are neat freaks... I don't like formatting because I like my OS just the way I have it... unless something goes terribly wrong with the OS or my hard drive crashes, I don't mess with it... I just keep things nice and tidy.

Exactly, I re-ghost all my machines to a clean registry state with all the basic apps every 6 months when I feel things arn't acting as they once did. Havn't done a clean new install since windows 2000 was released..

The only problem is having to back up bookmarks, mail and installing newer apps and games.

 

[HappyCracker]

I'd get all the drivers you need beforehand. Don't forget to save any word documents, umm patches for stuff maybe. I also think there is a way to keep folder/desktop/performance settings saved but I've never experimented with that. Good luck, do me proud son!

 

[ndee]

next time, put your system on a seperate partition, so you can only wipeout the system partition and look in the program-partition what apps you need to re-install.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: ndee
next time, put your system on a seperate partition, so you can only wipeout the system partition and look in the program-partition what apps you need to re-install.

i do have a seperate partition for my proggies, but there are still things i need to backup

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: theNEOone

Originally posted by: ndee
next time, put your system on a seperate partition, so you can only wipeout the system partition and look in the program-partition what apps you need to re-install.

i do have a seperate partition for my proggies, but there are still things i need to backup

All I can think of would be "My Documents" then and you can even move that 🙂

 

[jjones]

I just re-formatted after almost 3 years on my win98 box. It's back up to speed again. I had installed and uninstalled so much crap and the registry looked like sh!te. Was starting to crash too much. Nice having a new clean install.

Looks like you about got it covered except possibly any password files you keep. I use Password Agent and there's a single file I back up for that.

 

[her209]

I suggest j00 keep your documents on a separate partition.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: jjones
I just re-formatted after almost 3 years on my win98 box. It's back up to speed again. I had installed and uninstalled so much crap and the registry looked like sh!te. Was starting to crash too much. Nice having a new clean install.

Looks like you about got it covered except possibly any password files you keep. I use Password Agent and there's a single file I back up for that.

you're using win98 again? eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.