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Correct way of saving data files before reformat
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Correct way of saving data files before reformat
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:37 am
Posted by Vic
(9 messages posted)
I am facing the daunting task of having to reformat my Dell inspiron 1520 laptop's
hard drive and reloading all my programs. I am saving my data and as everything including
documents , photos, music, videos etc would all be locate as subfiles under “Jim”
my computer’s name. It also includes the “Appdata” file.
When I download the Jim file on my reformatted disk will that include
All of my previous settings?? I am using Vista
Thanks for any insight or tips to make this long task easier!
Vic
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re: Correct way of saving data files before reformat
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:57 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
If you have only one drive, then your saved data would be deleted. It needs to be
saved on a separate drive.
When you reload, it would be advisable to create two partitions, and move My Docs
to the second hard drive that you created.
On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:37 am, Vic wrote:
>I am facing the daunting task of having to reformat my Dell inspiron 1520 laptop's
>hard drive and reloading all my programs. I am saving my data and as everything
including
>documents , photos, music, videos etc would all be locate as subfiles under “Jim”
>my computer’s name. It also includes the “Appdata” file.
>
>When I download the Jim file on my reformatted disk will that include
>All of my previous settings?? I am using Vista
>Thanks for any insight or tips to make this long task easier!
>Vic
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re: Correct way of saving data files before reformat
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10:37 am
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8787 messages posted)
Just saving the appdata folder will not save all your settings. Many are stored in
the registry or even in the folders of the programs themselves, also when making
the backups make sure they are not locked with any NTFS security measures such as
permissions or encryption (especially as the latter is pretty much unbreakable and
the files will be lost on the new install.)
On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:37 am, Vic wrote:
>I am facing the daunting task of having to reformat my Dell inspiron 1520 laptop's
>hard drive and reloading all my programs. I am saving my data and as everything
including
>documents , photos, music, videos etc would all be locate as subfiles under “Jim”
>my computer’s name. It also includes the “Appdata” file.
>
>When I download the Jim file on my reformatted disk will that include
>All of my previous settings?? I am using Vista
>Thanks for any insight or tips to make this long task easier!
>Vic
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