Ok, about to reformat in a few mins guys.....

[warcrow]

Just so I can double check, what to back up:

- Firefox and Thunderbird
- My documents
- My desktop


...am I missing something?

 

[warcrow]

Oh, and also...I'm going to reinstalling windows PRO SP2 that I purchased. I'm swapping mobo, cpu, and RAM. Will this screw with the windows hardware lock thingy? You're allowed 7 changes if i remember correctly.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Some games (like NFS Underground 2) put the saved games under C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data.
WTF? I can't figure out why can't everyone just set it so that the saved games go under the game directory or My Documents.

Anyway, I'd backup the entire C:\Documents and Settings (All Users, Default User, and Your Username) just to be sure.

 

[warcrow]

Actually, all games and apps are on a seperate partition. So, the save games are safe. I think I have everything 🙂

 

[BlueWeasel]

As far as the motherboard swap goes, you might give THIS a quick read. I recently switched boards and it worked like a charm. Though, I was switching one Nforce board out for another, so the chipset was the same.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Actually, all games and apps are on a seperate partition. So, the save games are safe. I think I have everything 🙂

Yeah, that's what I thought too. A few weeks ago, I reformatted and reinstalled NFS Undeground (the original) so I could quickly resume my career (about 10 races from the end). The entire NFS game directory under D:\Games\NFS Underground didn't get touched during the reformat since I keep all my games on the D: partition.

Needless to say, I didn't realize the EA asshats put my saved games under C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NFS Underground...., which of course, didn't get backed up.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
As far as the motherboard swap goes, you might give THIS a quick read. I recently switched boards and it worked like a charm. Though, I was switching one Nforce board out for another, so the chipset was the same.

Yea, I'm going from a nForce 2 to a VIA KT800PRO/VT8237...I'd like the reinstall anyways.

 

[warcrow]

I'm such a chicken sh!t. I still havent done it 😛

 

[Nothinman]

Why would you want to in the first place?

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Why would you want to in the first place?

New mobo+cpu+RAM

 

[Nothinman]

So? My current machine started out as a dual Celeron 466 with IDE drives and it's been through virtually 3 major overhauls and it's now a dual Thunderbird 1.2 on SCSI drives, I've never reinstalled the OS in all that time.

 

[warcrow]

I'm reinstalling my OS. I've got an entirely different chipset going in there. We're talking about Windows here, not Debian.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Nothinman's right, though. If you follow the directions in the link I gave above, you shouldn't need to reinstall anything.

 

[Nothinman]

I'm reinstalling my OS. I've got an entirely different chipset going in there. We're talking about Windows here, not Debian.

Again, so? It's definately a lot easier with Linux, but it can be done with Windows too.

 

[warcrow]

Thats ok, thansk anyways guys. I've got some old profiles on here from 2 previous users as well. I want a clena install.

 

[Nothinman]

So delete the profiles, what's so hard about that?

 

[warcrow]

I'm baaaaaack 😀