Re: Question on license and activation code re:Reinstall

To each his own.

I made an image immediately after a clean install and that is what I restore
from. My data files are on a separate partition and they are also backed up
on a regular basis.

I also believe that XP "bogs down" after months of use and
installs/uninstalls of software. You can spend time troubleshooting an
issue or you can simply restore from the image in less than fifteen minutes.
Updates are downloaded automatically so it is no burden to me.


"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:57pee2l1kvienum42a1987cuot3egramc5@xxxxxxxxxx
"WSZsr" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can be back up and running in less than fifteen minutes. Imaging
software makes it simple. Just make an image after the original
installation of your OS AND apps. Faster, better, and easier than a dirty
reinstall.

The original comment was that "a clean install at least once every two
years (even though once every year is recommended)."

That precludes using a backup image, except perhaps for one that was
made right after the last clean install. And in that case there
would still have to be a year (or two years) worth of updates and
service packs to reinstall after restoring the image, plus everything
new that had been added since the last image.

This is not about recovering from a crashed or damaged installation,
but rather a purported policy that mandates a total clean reinstall
every so often. Current backup images are not relevant to this type
of policy.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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has never been in bed with a mosquito."



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