Application re-install

[Robert Goss]

I had to re-install windows 2000 and it wiped out all
reference to my applications.

I have an application partition (F on my drive where I
have all of my programs.

? How do I SEARCH for PROGRAMS and re-install them, and or
have it show in the Administrator Profile.

Thank You,

Robert Goss

 

[DL]

If you reinstalled as apposed to repair you will have to reinstall your apps
using whatever media you origonally used.
David

 

[Guest]

I had to re-install win2000. I tried to repair and also
tried to revert back to the last known profile. I tried
everything to recover but.....

So you are telling me is:

1. If I have no media to re-install the Applications, Im
hosed.

2. Is there no way to repair the Supervisor Profile to
it's origional state.

3. Is there anyway to locate the program files on the
partition without re-installing them

Thanks for your help,

Robert

 

[Peter]

I had to re-install win2000. I tried to repair and also
tried to revert back to the last known profile. I tried
everything to recover but.....

So you are telling me is:

1. If I have no media to re-install the Applications, Im
hosed.
Yes

2. Is there no way to repair the Supervisor Profile to
it's origional state.

There is a lot more to applications that just the profile.

3. Is there anyway to locate the program files on the
partition without re-installing them

You could just restore the installed applications but you would also
have to restore their registry settings, and restore any changes in
\WINNT which the installations did (e.g. installing DLLs, registering
services, etc). It is practically impossible unless you wrote the
application yourself and know everything about it.

I've had to do this many times. A tape backup unit is the only answer.


Peter.

 

[DL]

I find it sensible to partition a disk installing Win onto its own
partition, Apps on another and all data files on a third - leastways yr Data
is allways intact and you know exactly what Apps are installed if you have
to Format C / reinstall.
Allways assuming hd is OK
BTW I now use mirror raid, partitioned, backup data to a second hd, and off
site
David

 

[SaltPeter]

I find it sensible to partition a disk installing Win onto its own
partition, Apps on another and all data files on a third - leastways yr Data
is allways intact and you know exactly what Apps are installed if you have
to Format C / reinstall.
Allways assuming hd is OK
BTW I now use mirror raid, partitioned, backup data to a second hd, and off
site
David

As far as installing the applications on a seperate partition, that's
exactly what the user did. Obviously, his reinstallation of the operating
system zapped all registry entries related to the previously installed
applications.

However, your point about backing up the data is more than just relevent, it
should be a bare minimum. So you get an "I second that..." opinion.