Re: Mass Coruption with Downloaded Installations

Alright, I believe I'm doing the 2nd one you posted. I don't know how to
image my hard drive, I know how to burn an image to a drive. I have only 1 OS
installed. Every so often I do a low level format. I use "DBAN" or Darik's
Boot And Nuke, and completely wipe the drive, then install. But still, I get
the same problem. I have no clue why it does this. And I was hoping to get
more help and insight on this problem.

"Daave" wrote:

"Thomas Bussell" <ThomasBussell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:FFC8477E-8FAA-48CD-BDCC-D772A8094322@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave, I'm quite new to the windows problems, most of the time I could
call my
friend Josh, or my friend Rick and I could have my answers in a matter
of
minutes. Well, we had a little rough time, and we're not speaking
anymore.

To answer your question on why I reinstalled windows: I usually format
every
6 weeks. My computer gets bogged down from my work, from my gaming,
from my
programming, and my modifications.

How I reinstalled windows:

I stuck the disc in my drive, booted up.
Asked me if I wanted to repair, pressed "ESC" to exit that.
I deleted my partition
Started formatting
Then windows installation kicked in.

You are using a weird method with which I am unfamiliar. It seems like
some sort of *parallel* installation:

http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdparallell/indexfullpage.htm

If you are going through all that trouble, you might as well do a proper
*clean* installation:

http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdoldhdd/indexfullpage.htm

or

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Also, keep in mind that reinstalling Windows is a less-than-perfect
solution for dealing with the issues you mention. In fact, a
reinstallation is very rarely needed. Post back here to ask about
specific methods to maintain Windows XP.

Finally, imaging your hard drive is a must. Regularly create current
images of your hard drive, then all you need to do is restore the most
recent image. That's a WHOLE lot faster than reinstalling Windows!



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