saving programs during windows reinstallation

Yanko693 · 12-16-10, 08:21 PM

Is there any way to save my programs that are on my C:/ drive? I'm going to re format and re install windows. Should I just copy over my program files to my second drive that has most of my other programs on it?

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Omsion · 12-16-10, 08:59 PM

Most programs probably won't work correctly after doing that. Registry entries and other misc. stuff scattered all over.

c627627 · 12-17-10, 03:23 AM

Look into partitioning your hard drive and imaging your operating system partition so that when something goes wrong in the future, you can reimage your OS partition to the state when everything was set up just like you wanted it to be.

12-16-10, 08:21 PM	Thread Starter #1
Yanko693 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NE OH	saving programs during windows reinstallation Is there any way to save my programs that are on my C:/ drive? I'm going to re format and re install windows. Should I just copy over my program files to my second drive that has most of my other programs on it? -Thanks __________________ Antec 1200\|MSI 870A Fuzion\|AMD Phenom II x6 1090t BE @ 3.70 Ghz\|MSI Hawk Talon Attack GTX 460 @ 870Mhz\|Patriot Viper II 4gb DDR3 1600 7-7-7-20\|60gb OCZ Vertex II SSD\|Corsair gs700\|
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12-17-10, 03:23 AM	#3
c627627 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas	Look into partitioning your hard drive and imaging your operating system partition so that when something goes wrong in the future, you can reimage your OS partition to the state when everything was set up just like you wanted it to be.
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