| Bob K wrote:
| > Can someone tell me the correct files to save for personal settings,
| > etc. when doing a clean install of XP?
|
| Shenan Stanley wrote:
| > Use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard before you wipe the
| > machine, save the resulting file to a network location or burn it to
| > CD, then when you finish redoing your PC, use the Files and Settings
| > Transfer Wizard to import them back in.
|
| Bob K wrote:
| > Thanks Shenan. Very helpful.
| >
| > If you use the Transfer Wizard option, is that the same as doing an
| > FDISK of the drive and installing clean? That is, can you get XP to
| > clean the drive, install, and then import the files back in and
| > consider that a clean install?
|
| Sort of, the way you put it, sound like two separate things.
|
| The files and settings transfer wizard allows you to export the user
| profile(s).
|
| The Windows XP CD (booting from it) would allow you to perform a clean
| installation, given that you select to delete the partitions on the
machine
| and let setup create new one(s).
|
| When you do a clean install, you better have everything you want saved
| elsewhere. That includes that profile you just exported. Also, be sure
| that until you turn on your firewall, you do not connect to the Internet
in
| any way. Disconnect the physical cabling to the Internet until you get
that
| firewall up.
|
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Thanks again Shenan. Good advise on the firewall. I have two physical drives
with Win98 duplicated on both. So I can get the Transfer Wizard to move
everything to my D drive. Then I can wipe the C drive (clean partition) and
install XP. I would still have all my stuff on the D drive.
Does that sound like a plan?
Thanks,
Bob
