Re: Hard drive setup...
- From: "Rob" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:29:10 -0000
"Marcus Fox" <please-reply-via-newsgroup-th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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When installing for the first time is it possible to have partitions on
one
drive set up as
C:\ - Windows System
D:\ - Optical Drive
E:\ - Applications, Microsoft Office, other programs, etc
F:\ - Documents
And then when the time comes for a re-install, I only need to re-install
the
OS and not all of the programs - or is it not that simple?
No, as applications rely on the changes they made to the Registry
when installed and configured by the user(s).
Your best bet is to put OS *and* applications on C: and use an
imaging program, such as Acronis True Image to make backups
that can be quickly restored. It's a very good idea to store the
documents on a separate partition though, as this makes backing
them up trivial (which it isn't, if you let Windows store them all
by default in C:\Documents and Settings\ and have more than one
user.) IMO, Windows putting them there by default is one of the
most stupid things I've ever seen on any sort of OS, and I've seen
a lot.
Additionally I'd like to know if it is possible to move the current boot
partition to another drive and dual boot it with the newly installed OS
until things are set up the way I like and then delete it without a trace,
so the system no longer dual boots?
Best get another drive, install new OS to that and use a 3rd-party
boot manager, as this can get messy.
HTH,
--
Rob
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