Re: Windows Installation Problem

The date and time was Friday, June 19, 2009 7:30:55 AM, and on a whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:28:49 -0700, "Terry R." <F1Com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The date and time was Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:21:36 PM, and on a whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:01:09 -0700, "Terry R." <F1Com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The date and time was Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:07:50 PM, and on a whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:55:06 -0700, "Terry R." <F1Com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The date and time was Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:04:25 AM, and on a whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:41:01 -0700, Fares Atallah
<FaresAtallah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear all,

I have 3 partitions (C: for Windows, D: for Data and E: for software)
It's hardly ever a good idea to have software on a partition separate
from Windows. Are you aware that if you reinstall Windows, you also
have to reinstall all (or almost all) your software?


And you don't otherwise? I've always had my 6 OS partitions set to be C:, data on D: and I install all my programs on E:. That way I only have one install for all OS's (yes, I install most from each OS). Although I'm slowly going to let go of Win9x, Me, & W2k, it worked great for years. All my OS partitions were less than 6 gig for fast backup, and my programs partition is less than 8 gig, since all data is separate also. If I decide to uninstall from one OS, I copy the program folder first and rename it, then uninstall from the OS, and then rename the backup folder, so nothing changes for the other OS's. I do this mainly to be able to do fast backups with multiple months of backup partitions spread between 3 hard drives. A bit adventurous for most, but I'm comfortable with it.
You're talking about a situation with multiple operating systems
installed. I was not. I was replying to someone who presumably had
only Windows XP installed.

I guess you need to clarify "reinstall". A clean install would require reinstalling all programs regardless of one or multiple partitions. A repair install would hopefully not require anything. So I don't see any difference, that why I asked.

My understanding was that he was talking about a clean installation.

As an aside, I don't even like the term "repair installation"; to me
it's a repair, not a repair installation, and it should be called
simply "repair," so as not to confuse the issue.

Like I said then, it doesn't matter whether the user has one partition for everything, or broken out like I have done, either way on a clean install would require reinstalling all programs.


OK, but I'm not sure why you said that, since it was my original
point. As I said, and as you quoted above, "Are you aware that if you
reinstall Windows, you also have to reinstall all (or almost all) your
software?"

Just to clarify a slight difference between our statements: you said
"all" and I said "almost all." There is an occasional (usually simple
and small) program for which this isn't true.



It must have just been your structure. You made it sound like because they had multiple partitions they would have to reinstall the software, because you added the comment in the same paragraph rather than breaking the thought:

"It's hardly ever a good idea to have software on a partition separate
from Windows. Are you aware that if you reinstall Windows, you also
have to reinstall all (or almost all) your software?"

Actually I have quite a few programs I use that don't require reinstalling. All of those have shortcuts in a folder on the Desktop stating just that, so I don't have to think which ones they are.


Terry R.
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