LoudCorsa
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Registered: 17th Jun 01
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i am just about to format my pc and i always forget to back stuff up so any thoghts on what not to forget?
chaz
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Super_si
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My Documents perhaps 
I got this wicked pieces software, so i setup misses pc from 30mile away
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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get your dial up numbers/passwords for you ISP and outlook email settings.
Dont worry about your applications you should have them all on disk.
all your DATA, office documents/mp3`s/pictures porn 
You may want to get some Internet explorer settings like cookies/favourites etc. If you are using windows XP these are under documents and settings/ your user account, just copy the cookies and favourites folders then copy them back once you reinstall.
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Super_si
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Or just the desktop shortcut 
OR ghost the whole pc
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SetH
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yeah but if you are a novice user then ghost is fiddly to use. it only supports IDE/SCSI cd writers so you need to be on a network or have another Hard drive to either clone it onto or create an image.
loudcorsa you got a CD writer and some decent burning software, i know nero lets you back up your hardrive but you need millions of cd`s lol
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a_hornett
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Registered: 19th Jan 03
Location: Essex, UK
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make sure you've got easy access to any drivers you need and the cd-keys for your OS
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LoudCorsa
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I have cable for drivers and dunt wanna gohst - the reason for reformatting is as the whole thing has gone tits up - i am on xp too and it wont auto update or nuffin like that, so rather than minmce around i thought i wud nuke it all - anyone got any idea how to make windows xp recognise and format a new harddrive? - i have hooked it up it has said new hardware found and all that and in device manager it says this device is working properly however its not formatted - is fdisk still on xp? i dunno any help please lads and ladettes
chaz
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Tim
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You have to use Disk Management. Come on MSN and I'll chat u thru it all.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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ghosting is crap and can cause problems, do it all manually is the best way, little more time consuming but ensures proper installations of things
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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the other problem with ghosting of cause is if ur rebuilding the machine because of a software problem, the problem wont go away wen u ghost the image back onto the machine
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SetH
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oh dear, just ghosted several machines at work, hope they dont fcuk up, ill get killed
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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way i used to do it, make a system disk (presuming your not runnin win2k or xp), copy attrib.com, smartdrv.exe and deltree.com from the WINDOWS\COMMAND directory to the floppy.
Then in windows move all the data you wana keep to a new folder in C called backup.
Then once youre sure you got everythin, boot ur pc from the floppy, and do somethin like this
a:\smartdrv
path a:
c:
cd \
attrib -h -r -s *.*
deltree windows
deltree progra~1
deltree mydocu~1
and so on till all is left is the backup folder which contains all u got! (just dont deltree backup)
then re-install windows, dont format the drive though!! everything will be cleaned out, your backup will be on the hdd, and you can go about sortin ur machine!
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LoudCorsa
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i AM running XP Pro so i guess that iant alot of good then - please see my where is the address book post!
chaz
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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ok
xp pro is simps too
u got a cd burner??? zip the lot up & burn it!!
address book and alot of other things like outlook .pst files are located at
c:\Documents and Settings\YOURUSERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\
You may need to change the folder options to view hidden & system files.
Any other probs drop me a msg
[Edited on 20-02-2003 by PaulW]
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