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quick question...if I were to reinstall windows...not reformat just reinstall...what does that effect in terms of...do i have to reinstall all of my drivers, and all that crap...i normally don't reinstall..i just format and then install evetryhing...but my sis trashed the computer once again and i really really really don't feel like going through a reformat...i just did one a couple weeks ago

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Ryric Krael
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Yea, you'll need to reinstall the drivers.

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My advice is : format before reinstalling.
Reinstalling Windows without formating can cause you problems later.

Flyoc

im not reformating...i'll convince my mom to get a new computer before i format this one again...plus then i can play swg and hopefull my sister will be told to keep the hell away from the new computer...i'll let her figure out how to fix this one...should keep her busy for the next 2 years till im off to a dorm

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Ryric Krael
Former Vice President AGN
Former Director, Section 6
Former Head of Department of the Treasury
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Yes, yes, to Flyoc you listen.

If you just reinstall, it may fix problems, but 9 out of 10 times it will cause more problems than you fixed a month down the road. I did this once, and was forced to format a couple weeks later anyway, as I had all kinds of conflicts in the OS. When you just reinstall, for some reason it doesn't overwrite everything, and some things will crop back up into the system and screw things up.

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I have to say i agree with the people that say Re-installing without a format is a bad idea.

Windows only needs a minor excuse to screw up...

If you absolutely have to keep your machine then make sure you delete all files (not folders tho.. in the root directory (C:\ ) and remove the WINDOWS or WINNT directory completely, if you need to boot to command prompt to do this then thats fine.

There's also the strong possiblity that it will mess up any programs that you have installed already. If you have a CD/DVD burner, I'd just burn what files you want to keep, format, and reinstall everything. You might have to end up doing it anyways.

Besides, there's nothing like that fresh clean feeling of a formatted HD.

And once you do reformat, hate it though you will, install Norton Ghost, and let it back everything up. Then it only takes you 5 or 10 minutes to completely go back to your original configuration, instead of a couple hours.

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But, make sure you go to all the websites for your hardware and download the drivers first and stick them on a floppy disk!!!!

Especially the network drivers!!!

Nothing's worse then reformatting and reinstalling and having windows not recognize your network card so that you can't get on the web to get your drivers....

Then again, Windows XP probably won't have any of these problems.. they've fixed most of that. It's still a good idea though.

(PS - I vote format, also)

Well, in my 7,8 or 9 years (I can't honestly remember) of owning a PC, I have never ever ever ever reformated my hard drive. Conciquently, there are some things on my current computer (I transfer the hard drives to the new computer as I build them) that are 9 years old! It also means that my computer is one of the most inefficient computers in existance! Plus I'm still running windows 98 which makes the problem ten times worse!

Considering all that, it still runs quite well!


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PS the only time I've deleted any significant amount of data was when I corrupted my 40Gb hard drive because I was moving a partition and the house had a power outage!

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im reformatting...the damage was a bit more extensive then it first appeared..reinstall couldn't even fixy it...bahhh!!!!!

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Ryric Krael
Former Vice President AGN
Former Director, Section 6
Former Head of Department of the Treasury
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va-RooooM!!! WHOO Feel the speed of 450mhz WHOO!

yea i reformated

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Ryric Krael
Former Vice President AGN
Former Director, Section 6
Former Head of Department of the Treasury
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Ask not what your PA can do for you, but what you can do for your PA
"Gone Section Five"

Yeah -- I love that feeling of 450 Mhz!

Every time I turn on my iPAQ, that is.

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Bossman Intrepid
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