Re: Repartition hard disk
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 11/03/04
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:44:51 -0700
In news:uus71PWwEHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Carl G <cgerving@ecenetDOTcom> typed:
> Sounds easy for an expert.
> By the time i write to this news group and wait for answers ,
> (eaven
> if they are prompt, which they usually are) I can reformat my
> hard
> drive and reinstall my XP PRO and all my aplications in about 4
> hrs.
> I have everything backed up on cd.
> It would probably take me a week to get all the answers i might
> need
> to get my puter back up to par useing the news group.
> I know you guys can't sit by your computer 24 hrs a day.
> I am just a home user and its much faster and easier to just do
> it
> all over.
If that's your choice, so be it; I won't try to talk you out of
it. But if I had to reformat, reinstall Windows, reinstall all my
apps, and reconfigure everything the way I wanted it, it would
take me a whole lot longer than four hours.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >> In news:uHutmWTwEHA.2728@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, >> Steve <steve_magoon_nospam@nospamhotmail.com> typed: >> >>> What is the easiest way to repartition my hard disk for a >>> clean >>> install of winxp home? I want to wipe everything off the >>> disk. >> >> >> No formatting first is required. Just boot from the Windows XP >> CD >> (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish this) >> and >> follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the >> existing >> partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new >> one). >> >> >> >> You can find detailed instructions here: >> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html >> >> or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm >> >> >> >> or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm >> >> >> >> However why do you want to do this? In my view, it's almost >> always a >> mistake. With a modicum of care, it should never be necessary >> to >> reinstall Windows (XP or any other version). I've run Windows >> 3.0, >> 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and >> Windows >> XP, each for the period of time before the next version came >> out, >> and each on two machines here. I never reinstalled any of >> them, and >> I have never had anything more than an occasional minor >> problem. >> >> >> >> It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the >> technical >> support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to >> almost >> any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat >> and >> reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you >> off >> the phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't >> require >> them to do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them >> obviously don't possess in any great degree). >> >> >> >> But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You >> have to >> restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your >> programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and >> application >> updates,you have to locate and install all the needed drivers >> for >> your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps >> to >> work the way you're comfortable with. >> >> >> >> Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, >> you >> may have trouble with some of them: can you find all your >> application CDs? Can you find all the needed installation >> codes? Do >> you have data backups to restore? Do you even remember all the >> customizations and tweaks you may have installed to make >> everything >> work the way you like? >> >> >> Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve >> that >> Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and >> far >> between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for >> troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only >> after >> all other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person >> have >> failed. >> If you have problems, post them here, it's likely that someone >> can >> help you and a reinstallation won't be required.
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