Ray Wrote:
> At any given time I have three bootable copies of W98 on my
> machine, spread over two different disks: one is for testing new software,
> the second is for tested and aproved software, and the third is a backup of
> the second. Naturaly, BG made it difficult to either backup or restore
> from/to a running copy of windows, but by having a third copy, I can always
> insure that a trouble free backup of can be made between the other two.
I am about to enter this horrible dilemma, with a recent survpc that has
windows 95. Short of a backup after installing any new software, I wonder
what reasonable criteria would be for a reliable, working home-made or
store bought de-installer would be:
o Find and store changes to registry, win.ini, and system.in
o Find and track changes to shared files in common directories,e.g.,
windows, windows/system etc.
Would that suffice to restore a working windows? I have heard so many stories
of junk accumulating slowly in, for instance, the registry, and at some
break point -- only a complete clean reinstall will reproduce sanity.
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Howard Schwartz
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howardbschwartz "at" california.com
