Using C, D, and E partitions wisely

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why? What's the point? Should you have to reinstall the OS,
you'll also have to reinstall each and every application anyways, in
order to recreate the hundreds (possibly thousands) of registry
entries and to replace the dozens (possibly hundreds) of essential
system files back into the appropriate Windows folders and
sub-folders.


Bruce Chambers

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[Tom Swift]

"...if the apps were on a separate partition/drive, then upon
reinstallation of the operating system and the apps into the same location,
[it] can help save some of the settings/customizations that were made in the
original install. Example: firewalls with rulesets."

In the first place, reinstallation of an application is more likely to
overwrite any settings that you had previously customized. You would be
better served by backing up what settings you can, such as Office templates.
This is part of my regular backup procedure. In the second place, the
particular example you gave concerning firewalls was not a good one: Zone
Alarm Pro allows me to backup my customizations to a separate file.

"Besides, it helps to know what apps I'd had installed so I know which ones
to reinstall."

Wouldn't it be easier to simply make a list of all the applications you have
installed? I keep a simple Word table of all the apps I have installed,
along with registration information. I also keep backup copies of all the
installer files for software I downloaded from the Internet.

If you're a neat freak like me - and I hope you're not - the concept of
installing applications into a separate partition seems logical. However,
this is one instance where what's logical is not necessarily what's right
(;-)

Tom Swift

 

[whawn]

Coming back very late, and at the risk of sounding terribly pedantic, I must say, "I wuz rite th' first time!"

I said "Here's a couple of links." Another took issue, saying my grammer was bad.

Nope... "a couple" is singular. That is, you have ONE couple. Now, a couple may be a pair, but a pair is also singular. You have ONE pair.

"Is", of course, is the singular form of the verb expressing existance, sometimes called the "state of being" verb. It is, therefore, perfectly fine to say "Here's a couple."

Welcome, TIMA, to grammer as she should be spoke.

Regards,
Walter Hawn