Custom Install = Saved Personal Files?

[sc101]

Hi,
I need to reinstall Windows 7 Ultimate over my current Windows 7 Ultimate installation due to an unfixable boot error (blue screen). I cannot access Windows to perform an upgrade (which keeps files and programs), so I'd like to know; if I perform a custom install from the DVD, will my personal files (videos, music etc..) be saved in the Windows.old folder?

Thanks.

 

[Bill2]

Yes, see method 2 in this tut.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20146-custom-install-windows-7-a.html

Heres how to restore the windows.old folder.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/16282-windows-old-folder-restore-into-new-installation.html

 

[sc101]

Thanks... Now running fresh copy of Windows, files where intact in the Windows.old folder