Re: First time installation - need advice

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From: Ted Zieglar (teddyz_at_notmail.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:00:41 -0500

"I'm fairly sure 95% (or more) of the apps I use bloat the registry a
little/lot."

Funny, none of my applications "bloat" the registry. Guess we use entirely
different applications.

Ted Zieglar

"Elmo Watson" <sputnik75043@nospam.Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u$s%23aHC2EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I will (and presently, do) have a lot of apps - so, even a format/reinstall
> would take a long time, either way - - and I'm fairly sure 95% (or more)
> of
> the apps I use bloat the registry a little/lot.
>
> I never thought of the fact that you can make My Documents go to another
> drive - - I just thought it was integrated into the system some way - - so
> if I move the whole My Documents folder from where it is (documents and
> settings/etc), to another dirve - and then just change the path to that
> location in the desktop icon's path - that's all there is to it?
>
>
> "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
> news:Oxbb7NA2EHA.804@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> I like to have several partitions because I can install the
>> OS and applications to C: and use D:,E:,F: for My
>> Documents, downloaded files, which means that you can format
>> C: with the XP CD and reinstall clean and all your data,
>> emails and downloaded program, and video/music is still
>> safe. You can reinstall quickly.
>>
>> Having two or more physical drives is better, but cost more
>> money. Partitions are a nice compromise. Set your CDROM/RW
>> DVD as drive L: or M: so you don't have issues with paths
>> and renaming. When you network, drives will be mapped as
>> W:.X:, Y:
>>
>>
>> --
>> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
>> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>>
>>
>> "Elmo Watson" <sputnik75043@nospam.Yahoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:efFHPt$1EHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> | I'm replacing my old HD with a new WD 250 Gb Hard drive
>> |
>> | before, I've only had a 40 Gb with Win2k Pro
>> |
>> | Now, I'm going to install WinXP Pro for the first time and
>> need some advice.
>> |
>> | I had heard, in the past, with large hard drives, that I
>> should create a
>> | partition with just the OS on it - then install everything
>> else on a second
>> | (or other) partition.
>> | The flaw in this, as I can see it, is that, when you
>> install an
>> | application - the DLLs get installed in the System32
>> directory anyway - so
>> | no matter what, if something happens to the OS partition -
>> it all gets hosed
>> | anyway.
>> |
>> | So - - I'm seeking advice on the most efficient way to set
>> this system
>> | up --- (for once, I'm asking BEFORE I'm actually doing it)
>> |
>> |
>> | Any ideas here?
>> |
>> |
>>
>>
>
>

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