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(copy of a post on wattm) I wrote about my method of reinstalling Windows (not only Windows). --- formatting is for llamas! use Norton Ghost suckers! The ABSOLUTE way: make 3 partitions: 1. small NTFS - about 3 or 4 GBs - system partition (OS, swap, essential soft like Winamp) 2. big NTFS - all the rest - data partition (music, progs, all your stuff) 3. small FAT32 - size equal or slightly less than pt.1 - archive partition, ghost.exe and imagefile -install a perfect clean unbuggy OS (I prefer WinXP SP1) on 1st partition -use Ghost to grab the image of 1st partition and place it on 3rd. -whenever you get tired of system getting dirty, boot to command prompt and launch Ghost. Replace your 1st partition with the one stored in the imagefile. whoppee!!! an easy new birth in about 10 minutes The archive partition can be smaller, as Ghost uses highly efficient compression, but I don't know the average ratio on compressing WinXP, so I use "equal to source" size. it's beautiful ! |
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of course, it works if your HDD is >=30GB. |
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what does this do exactly? |
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Very useful actually. I'm glab I know that now. |
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is this for xp? |
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this is for all systems (even dos)...The Ghost program makes a compressed backup of your harddrive. So when computers shitty, and you need to format, you just have to run ghost.exe from the command-promt, and the system "reloads" |
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but surely you would lose most file associations, which could be a good thing i suppose, but you would have to set it all up again, e.g. mp3 open in winamp, not mediaplayer. why not buy and extra old cd rom drive and just boot windows from cd each time?:) i still say use linux though. |
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skyfarmer: what shit are you talking ? that's nothing new, i use images every time. was that just a tip ? hah. and win xp sucks. |
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"and win xp sucks. " yes. it is a colouring book os. it lets more idiots try and fail to use computers. just by using colourful buttons, you cannot make it easy. most people get confused when they get a windows error still, even though they now get to email bill about it :) |
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0. Yes it is just a tip 1. WinXP design sucks, I turned it off. It is much more stable than 9x line (like 2000), and more flexible/compatible than NT/2000. 2. You don't lose any associations, you don't lose any programs you install on drive C, the restored system is a perfect replica of what it was when you backed it up. 3. You can use it for ANY OS, Win9x Win2k WinXP Linux DOS UNIX etc, whatever filesystem it has, it's supported |
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And the attempts of MS operating systems at becoming user's nanny are really shit. They could at least remove that in Pro version... "You're an experienced administrator, so please listen while we explain what 'double-clicking' means, then we'll give you another try at changing this user's settings" |
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Sounds verrrry good.... but I take it you need to start from scratch? I have 2500 files which I don't fancy burning and then putting back on |
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I know a lot of systems like to keep the swap on a different disk altogether for increased speed. Still, your system sounds very good. I'll be re-partitoning and re-building my machine over the summer. Skyfarmer: Yes I find the patronsing comments in XP Pro annoying. If people don't know what search files means they shouldn't be using "Pro"! |
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neat idea. i never thought of that.. |
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