Re-install Vista

[Merle]

Yes, wrong NG but maybe I can get some info
Hi all: I was wondering could I re-installed Vista Premium over the first
install and would it correct any file corruption that may have occurred in
the first install? And if so, would I lose any programs, files, drivers,
etc. that I have already installed? I don't want to have to go thru the
whole long drawn out process of starting from scratch. Any help you can
give me would be appreciated.

 

[Tim]

If you are concerned about file corruption you are better off (in my
opinion) formatting the drive and installing a fresh version of Vista. Yes,
it takes more time to backup your data and re-install applications but the
chances of fixing the problem are greater that way. You can't always have
your cake and eat it too.

Tim

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Merle

Yes, you can simply perform an upgrade install.

There is one large caveat to this. The corruption has to be in the operating
system files, if this is a third party program that is causing the problems
(whatever they may be?) then the problems will likely remain.