I've used the deltree.com utility on several occasions to carve out the windows and subfolders. This leaves all the programs and data on the hard drive. Some will require reinstallation and others will run as is. I do back up the dll's and other criticals via a RZDLL utility which stores all the dll files in another folder. Once I have carved out Windows, its a fresh install almost as if I had re-formatted. If one is worried about the autoexec and config files, you can easily find them in the root folder and delete them as well. The deltree.com is available with win95 and win98 (not sure about se and probably not with ME.)
Keith Thompson "OrpheusComputing.com" wrote: > > I think I already said why: > > You should always reformat when > > > changing a motherboard, no two boards are the same. The > old > > > board will leave countless 'things' in the extended > device > > > manager, not to mention all the orphaned drivers files. > > > These things can severely conflict with a new board. > > Not to mention the "derelicts" left over in the registry. > Not starting over is just asking for problems......conflicts, > yellow marks in the device manager, IRQ conflicts, errors, > instability, etc. > > Important programs and files should be backed up regularly > anyway. In the long run it's actually faster to just > reformat, than to have to deal with and try and figure out & > fix, errors, instability, and all the conflicts that > *usually* arise. > -Clint > > God Bless Us All > Clint Hamilton, Owner > http://OrpheusComputing.com � > > At 06:14 PM 8/24/2002 +0100, graham nimmo wrote the > following: > > >Clint wrote: > > > > > > Did you ever reformat? You should always reformat when > > > changing a motherboard, no two boards are the same. The > old > > > board will leave countless 'things' in the extended > device > > > manager, not to mention all the orphaned drivers files. > > > These things can severely conflict with a new board. > > > >Why do people always reformat? > > > >Why not just rename Windows and Program Files folders then > re-install. > >This way you have access to any old drivers you may need but > have > >forgotten where you originally got them. > > > >Anyone who can boot from a start-up disk can perform this > simple task > >with no loss of data - you did backup absolutely everything > before you > >reformatted?!! -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Blessed are the young, let them inherit the national debt ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
