If you are running Windows XP for several years or more may find that does not run as quickly and smoothly when you install first. I always evaluate and remove the software and reinstalling beta software on my computer and always gradually increasingly disappointed after nine months to a year with the performance of my PC. So, I regularly back up and reinstall all programs, including Windows.
Please note that this is really different to do things as a standard to solve the problem and solve individual problems such as system failures or runtime error. That's still better off using a systme Restore is a feature for Windows XP
For anyone who has to reinstall the operating system several times the process seems very easy, because they have found all Gotchas first few times. Lost emails and contacts, but not much over the decades (or not following) a system to upgrade the operating system and software. The purpose of this guide is to give you a checklist to follow in order to reload Windows works perfectly the first time.
The steps are as follows: 1
. Backup all data
2. Document current system and its drivers software
3. Remove Windows and directories
profiles
4. Reload Window
5. Update the software and data.
6. Sleep
1. Data backup.
There are two methods of recharging the system. The first is to simply delete the file system and the second is to back up files to CD or DVD and format the hard drive completely, my preference is to delete the system folders and work from there that the format current is not necessary because many today as in the past.
is very important to make sure you get a backup of all your data. My practice is to create a folder at the root of drive C: called to update and backup copy of all my files there. Several times I fill my machine I save all the data to another hard drive that I format the main unit, or I'm just going to create folders to store my data in the root of your C: drive and just deleted the Windows folder. One thing to note is that installing the new Windows will delete your profile, where the data stored will be prompted to install and I'm telling you here too!
First Windows likes to keep all documents in the My Documents folder, and even the icons on the desktop folder is in the following location: C: Documents and Settings. The Documents and Settings folder is very important because it has all the files that concern as a User. Other folders in the document options and configuration Application favorites sites.
If you use Outlook Express for email you want to do the backup folder. Open Outlook Express and go to the tools for maintenance and the option for a button labeled Store Folder will tell you that there should be a folder that stores all your e-mail, usually located at C
: – Documents and Settings (name logon) – Location – The Portal Applications – identities odd number – Microsoft – Outlook Express. It is difficult to find a place, but it is important.
If you use Outlook for e-mail contact you and my policy is always to search for all. pst file on your PC will give you the key and file folders and maybe even a long lost some e-mails before.
I also do a search and put the following into the search box *. doc, *. xls, *. ppt, *. mdb, *. This publication will search for all Office documents on your PC when you receive my results are not backup files of documents and options for the name of the folder or My Documents.
how big are you? Backup and Reload? folder, which now has all the data on it? You can back up on CD? Or two, or DVD? This would be a good time to do this to save a CD for that in the case of a catastrophic failure of your hard drive can go back and update the data later.
2. Document the current system drivers and software
Often, when I worked on my computer to find that after a format and reload of Windows that I lost my driver of network card or video driver. Before turning off the computer to reflect or delete system files that warrant that you have a copy of all the drivers, realistically the only drivers that seem to change the video drivers. What other drivers might need? Well, if you have the CD that came with your motherboard, then you only need to download the sound card, video, monitors, modem drivers and you can find the type of hardware device with a right click on My Computer and go to Properties and then, depending on your version of Windows to search for a director. I do not tend to format the disk I just delete the Windows directory and the Documents and Settings directory when I reload so I can find the files later still sitting on the hard disk. My preference is to create a folder called MyDrivers the root drive C:, so that after the upgrade of Windows will have a central place to go to find a driver. Now go out and download the drivers you need.
3. Remove the Windows directory and profiles
Well, here you have to take a deep breath before you start deleting files when we will not be able to recover them. When you delete a file on your computer before you reinstall Windows I do not delete files or format the disk. The only way you can delete what you want is to use some type of disc that does not load Windows on your hard drive. I am using Windows Ultimate Boot CD and after I start the car until I move some data instead of delete. More often than not, I will lose an important file for me to do? Backup? folder that contains all my data. I quit my job? Documents and Settings? folder to the backup folder and then also the applications? Program Files? folders that may have some of your own. This includes data such as Law or Maximiser and software or book keeping software like Quicken. Most of the data files stored in your application? My Documents? folder.
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install Windows must have at least 2 GB of free space to make sure you have enough space to install
When you delete a folder that I am very interested in eliminating? Documents and Settings? and? Windows? folder, because this is where you will find the User Options and record good and bad. If you are really aggressive may also include? Program Files? folder so that after charging it may be that the default configuration of Windows for each application. I also remove files that are the root of drive C:.
4. Update Windows
Now that you have deleted files and folders that are not necessary that you should give it an operating system to load your entire program. I prefer Windows XP now, although it has some computers with Windows 2000 may be thinner and has less system resources.
Just a note here, Windows 98 is a bad choice and there are several reasons. Windows 98 is not supported by Microsoft for a new security fixes or drivers written for it. Another issue is that the underlying file system that Windows 98 supports the FAT32, if you load Windows 2000 or XP, you probably want to take advantage of NTFS but the only good way to do this with a new role for the computer reflects you, This can erase all the data you have on your PC now. If you are moving from Windows 98 will have a place in the installation asks whether to format or change the drive to NTFS, I would avoid this can make the PC is connected to the Windows XP disk management from the management application of computers Windows. The rest
installation should go smoothly and after finishing you'll have a good new clean installation of Windows only to the trash on the desktop and no applications. Perhaps the desktop is only 256 colors or less correct sizes, but this is where you will solve the problem by reloading your engines. Go to the top and right in? My Computer? icon and select Properties, go to the hardware tab, now find the device manager and anything with an exclamation point or red X will need a new driver. Right-click on the icon, select Update Driver and browse to find the driver. If you can not find the driver in the search, then you may have to return the folder and run the executable MyDrivers for drivers who can accelerate the process of loading new drivers.
5. Software, data reloading
slow torture now part of the Windows installation starts. I always do this installation of Windows because my computer slows down gradually from all the programs I have loaded and promising not to do it again, I've proved several times that I don? T live up to the promise. The only program that I first load the Office XP and set my personal choices and folders e-mail in Outlook (see this document, it differs from your version of Office) and I also install my most common utilities. I kept my installation disk and only load the software I needed a few days.
6. Get Some Sleep
congratulations. This process is very long and sometimes we lose the data that are not answered in the reserve, but after you finish have a computer at least as good as the day you start using it. There was a small mistake, sobbing at the computer fast and responsibility. Although time-consuming, I am more than willing to do so, while I clean for some time, as the difference in working with the computer for some time after effectively treated.
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