Re: huh?
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:23:49 -0700
Rainy wrote:
What if you back up the registry on a regular basis, would that make a
difference? thanks for the input.. Rainy
No, for two reasons:
1. If you reinstall Windows, you don't want to restore a registry backup
from a previous incarnation of Windows. It will result in all kinds of
things being out of synch with the registry.
2.As I said, the references to installed programs are not just in the
rehistry. The registry is a big part of the problem, but not. You'll have
missing dll files and many other things that won't point properly to the
reinstalled programs.
There's really no way around this. If you reinstall Windows, you have to
reinsall your apps. That's why there's normally no advantage to haveing apps
in a partition separate from Windows.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:08:07 -0500, Rainy wrote:
no rainy did not :) lol why don't you like the idea?.. there are
pros and cons for partitioning.. I like having my operating system
on one partition with my programs on the other...... if windows
crashes.. the programs are still there on the other partition, when
you reinstall the OS, at least that
is what I have heard.. right? I
have two hard drives.. and no more slots.. Rainy
The programs are still there but if you reinstall Windows from
scratch, the new registry won't know anything about the programs or
where they are installed. Programs will have to be reinstalled. BUT -
any user info in a program folder (old school apps**) can be
"rescued" before reinstalling the program.
**Old school apps tended to store user files in the program's folder
or a subfolder in this location. XP apps store these things under the
user's folders in Documents and Settings or in a location that the
user chose.
There are ways to get around this scenario.
Example: restoring the Windows partition with a recent image. That
image will include a copy of the registry that contains the
information for most, if not all, programs - no matter where they
were located at.
Result: programs don't have to be reinstalled BUT (there's always
seems to be one of these somewhere) ... The time slice between the
date that the image was created and the date of the crash needs to be
considered. If updates for any programs were installed during that
time that wrote changes to the registry, they need to be reapplied.
Keeping current on images reduces the chance of this being a problem.
So partitioning has ups and downs, good points and bad. So does
keeping everything on C: -or- everything on C: but user data -or...
Bottom line: Do what works best for you.
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