>Installing Applications on diff Vol.<

[Wayne B.]

I am about to blow away my OS on partition C and
reinstall a fresh one. I have 2 other partitions that I
put my music and data stuff on.

I wanted to know (for future reference) is it possible to
set up applications on a seperate partition (such as D)
so that when it comes time for me to wipe away the OS
again, I would not have to go thru the trouble of
reinstalling ALL of the applications as well.

Would the applications (on the D partition) be able to
connect (for the lack of a better word) to the new OS
that's reinstalled on the C partition. I would imagine
that if this could be done without a hitch, that one
would just simply make a "program files" folder on (D)
and make sure that all the programs are installed in
D:\Program Files as opposed to C:\Program Files.

I know that it can be done, but I don't know if it would
still work >AFTER< a new OS has been installed.

Hope I explained it clearly enough, probably not.
Any feedback is more than welcome. THANX N ADVANCE
The Rookie/Wayne B.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I am about to blow away my OS on partition C and
reinstall a fresh one. I have 2 other partitions that I
put my music and data stuff on.

I wanted to know (for future reference) is it possible to
set up applications on a seperate partition (such as D)
so that when it comes time for me to wipe away the OS
again, I would not have to go thru the trouble of
reinstalling ALL of the applications as well.

Would the applications (on the D partition) be able to
connect (for the lack of a better word) to the new OS
that's reinstalled on the C partition.

No, alas - this won't work - you'd need to reinstall them. Even if the
program files are on D, the OS won't know what to do with them. The registry
lives in the system where the OS resides....

You could look into something like Norton Ghost to clone your OS/apps/etc.

I would imagine