Fresh Install

[Mitch656]

I'm thinking of doing a fresh instaill, i havent done one for a while and last time i did, i had help from a forum member.

Anyway Im 14 and dont have the money for a externial hard drive, so last time i did i backup onto a partion.


So is this the way to do a fresh instaill like that?
1. Make partion
2. Backup onto that partion
3. insert windows CD and format partion with OS on it
4. Instaill?

 

[bigmck]

I'm thinking of doing a fresh instaill, i havent done one for a while and last time i did, i had help from a forum member.

Anyway Im 14 and dont have the money for a externial hard drive, so last time i did i backup onto a partion.


So is this the way to do a fresh instaill like that?
1. Make partion
2. Backup onto that partion
3. insert windows CD and format partion with OS on it
4. Instaill?

That sounds good. == You could just leave your documents on a separate partition and next time when you have to do a reinstall, you could just install your Win 7 and reinstall your programs and you would not have to worry about your docs. They would be on their own partition.

 

[gregrocker]

Here's how to link your User files to the separate data partition if you want to keep them there after install: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

Or you can just rightclick on each backed up User folder and Add to Library involved.

Be sure to wipe your OS partition first using Partition Wizard, but don't touch the Data partition once you back up your User files there until after your Install Win7.

 

[allend66]

@ Mitch656 - be careful, I have my data on a separate partition on my main disk and using the Windows image restore it wiped all partitions on the main disk. (320Gb factory partitioned to 180Gb Win7 and 180Gb Restore partition. I had resized the restore partition down to 8Gb and created another partiton 172Gb for all data. Everything has been wiped.)

God bless multiple backups!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Mitch656.



As Greg has said it would be a good idea to do a partition specific Wipe (secure erase) to the OS partition to get the best possible space to reinstall Windows 7 to and Partition Wizard is a very reliable program to use.

After you have moved all your data for safe-keeping, have a look at Option Three in this tutorial at the link below for an out-line of the wipe process and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.


Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD

 

[Mitch656]

hahaha, well it worked but it sorta failed only because, i have Wirless USB adapoter, and i hate the crapware it came with it. All the other times i did a fresh instaill i somehow managed to get rid of the crapware and keep the driver..... This time around, if i try to delete the crap ware explorer.exe crashes or it will remove everything along with the driver :l

any I've dont 2 fresh instaill today and it did not work :l

but at least i dident stuff the computer up

Not that i care, but i was just wondering why does it only give me 3 days to activate and not the 30?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Because you entered the activation key during the install, if you hadn't done that you would have 120 days.

Did you see my post above?


Activation Trial Period - Extend Up to 120 Days

 

[Mitch656]

yea i did

So i manage to hide everything from netgear, would be better if i could unstiall it tho

 

[gregrocker]

Mitch, try uninstalling the Netgear software package, put the Netgear disk in the drive, browse to it or the adapter's software download (if you don't have a disk) from the Device Manager>Network Adapter>Wireless adapter>Driver tab>Update driver. Let it search for the driver on the disk or in the software download until it finds and installs it.

If you have to keep the Netgear software package, go through all of the menus until you find a way to turn it off and not allow it to Update itself. Then type msconfig in Start Search box, go to Startup Tab to make sure it is not starting with computer. Correctly configure your Win7 wireless connection in the bottom right System Tray.

It's best to keep everything unchecked in msconfig>Startup except AV and gadgets.

Did you read the link I posted on how to link your User folders to the data storage partition? Ask back if you have any questions.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Here's a useful little guide on the use of msconfig to control the startup file entries.


Troubleshooting with MSCONFIG

 

[Mitch656]

I disable the crapware in msconfg. Plus I've tried making it look on the disc and it did not work, I got a window update for netgear but I dunno what will happen if I delete the old one and keep windows update one


Edit: Also i did 2 fresh instaill and so i get the daul boot manger, i formated and delete the partion of the OS i dont want and still get daul manger. How i get rid of it?



Another edit, last time i did a fresh instaill, Gregrocker told me to search for the driver in my other OS, that did not work this time that why i did 2 instaill to see if i could search

Also what do you think will happen if i get my netgear windows update let it download, uninstaill driver and then restart PC would the update still work and give me driver?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Also i did 2 fresh instaill and so i get the daul boot manger, i formated and delete the partion of the OS i dont want and still get daul manger. How i get rid of it?

Look in the boot tab of msconfig and if there are 2 entries you can delete the entry that is not default.

Before you do thet are you sure you only have 1 OS actually installed? Post a snip of disk management for us to look at.

 

[Mitch656]

were about is disk management?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

were about is disk management?

In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a snip of that.

 

[tw33k]

Not to be rude but your spelling is atrocious. You should try this Spell Check | Online Spellchecker It will help you a lot

 

[Mitch656]

well, i delete it in msconfig, but i dunno xD

 

[Mitch656]

Not to be rude but your spelling is atrocious. You should try this Spell Check | Online Spellchecker It will help you a lot

Well I'm in bottom english at school, i dont like firefox, so i use IE

and i dont like IE7 spell check thing

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Did you try to boot the second entry before you deleted the entry it in msconfig?

 

[tw33k]

Not to be rude but your spelling is atrocious. You should try this Spell Check | Online Spellchecker It will help you a lot

Well I'm in bottom english at school, i dont like firefox, so i use IE

and i dont like IE7 spell check thing

That's OK. Use the online one I linked you to

 

[Mitch656]

well yesterday before i deleted it, it came up

Windows failed to start, this may have been to a hardware change or something alongs those lines