captokita
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join:2005-02-22
Calabash, NC
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Re: [XPHome] How often do you do a clean install?
With 98 it was almost a yearly thing, when I ran ME, it was every 6 months or so. I've never had to do a fresh install of XP OR 2000, unless it was a new computer. XP runs a lot better / stable than anything before it. Hopefully, 7 will be similar. I don't use Vista, so I can't vouch for that.
Now I know I'm in the minority with ME - I really liked it when I had it running on my old HP - ran fast / stable. (at FIRST) Most cases of me needing to do a wipe were caused by me messing around with it.
Also, now that I use Acronis, reinstalls should never even be an issue.  |
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lmacmil
join:2001-01-26
South Bend, IN
| said by captokita  :Also, now that I use Acronis, reinstalls should never even be an issue. Why is that? |
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felony
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join:1999-12-05
Aurora, CO
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1 edit | I use XP PRO, ACRONIS and BARTPE
I have several images of fresh XP installs, and 'mature' XP installs just the way I like them. If I ever have a need to revert, I've got my images backed up safely.
While I really have never had to do a fresh install, if I bugger something up it is nice to have a backup without going through the fuss of the actually reinstall process.
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Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
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join:2005-03-12
| said by felony :I use XP PRO, ACRONIS and BARTPE I have several images of fresh XP installs, and 'mature' XP installs just the way I like them. If I ever have a need to revert, I've got my images backed up safely. While I really have never had to do a fresh install, something I bugger something up and it is nice to have a backup without going through the fuss of the actually reinstall process. A wise man -- and one who uses my favorite OS and two of my favorite related software tools! 
Other than adding that System Restore can work wonders, too, I think you've got a winning strategy there!
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felony
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join:1999-12-05
Aurora, CO
clubs: | Hey! Someone agrees with me!
Only thing I don't like about it is that it the images only work with identical hardware setups, which is kinda a bummer. Unless I am missing something.
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Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
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1 edit | said by felony :Hey! Someone agrees with me! Only thing I don't like about it is that it the images only work with identical hardware setups, which is kinda a bummer. Unless I am missing something. Well, their Enterprise product has a "universal restore" option, but that's not practical for a home user:
»www.acronis.com/enterprise/produ···ore.html
Other than that, it may be possible to restore to "different" hardware and rely on XP's own resiliency to adapt, or do a reinstall in place to load the right drivers -- potentially a reinstall in place with a CD that's been slipstreamed with the correct drivers if XP doesn't have them. All of which is fraught with peril, I admit!
When I built a new system a few years ago as my son's gaming computer, I slipstreamed SP2 and all the required motherboard drivers into the retail copy of XP that I already owned, and the install worked like a charm. Activation was no hassle, either, since this was a legal transfer of XP Pro retail from his old system. But that was a fresh install.
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"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" -- a corollary of Murphy's Law
"A dog is like a child who never grows old ... always there to love and be loved" -- Aaron Katcher
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onDvine
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So. CA, USA
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said by Wolfie00 :... System Restore can work wonders ... I've used that a few times, too. It probably saved me from clean installs on those occasions. |
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