Re: INSTALLATION OF SAVED PROGRAMS
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 02/27/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:35:15 -0700
In news:E7BE0F86-CB1E-4F64-A74E-84E93CEB9DDD@microsoft.com,
Robert - 3052 <Robert3052@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Thanks for the reply
You're welcome. Glad to help.
> I am a "NEWBIE", so I'm just fumbling along.
> With this in mind, how does someone "BACKUP" programs on the
> hard
> drive (mainly ones downloaded from the internet - and others
> that I
> have the actual CD-ROM, so those arent' any problem)?
If you've downloaded a program, and lose it, you can always
download it again.
Or, if you prefer, when you download it, choose to Save it,
rather than Run it (and then run it after saving it). Then you
can backup that downloaded file, so it be reinstalled.
But, again, once it's installed, you generally can't backup that
installed version.
> I read some posts where someone would have a problem, and the
> response
> contains comments like "hope you had (have) everything backed
> up.
> Other prompts will say "Make sure you have everything backed
> up
> first".
In general, when people say "everything" in this context, they're
referring to what you can't recreate yourself--that's generally
your data, not your programs, which *can* be reinstalled (or
re-downloaded).
Alternatively, you can create a backup image of the entire hard
drive. If you do that, and then lose the drive and get a new one,
you can restore that image and put the entire drive back the way
it was.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >> In news:C7AC6960-D5FC-4971-8448-0D1141CF4188@microsoft.com, >> Robert - 3052 <Robert3052@discussions.microsoft.com> typed: >> >>> I am in the process of trying to back up the programs, etc., >>> from my >>> hard drive to have on hand in case the drive goes out, etc. >> >> >> You can back up the "etc." but backing up programs doesn't do >> you >> any good (with very few exceptions). >> >> Almost all programs are nor self-contained, but have pieces in >> several places, entries in the registry, etc. For that reason, >> if >> you lose the drive and have to reinstall Windows, you will >> also >> have to reinstall all your programs from their original media. >> >> -- >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >> Please reply to the newsgroup
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