RE: FN-FORUM: Win 2000 upgrade problem

date posted 20th August 2003 16:03


> Ahem... well it tells you something that I can't actually
> remember when I installed W2K - I know a format would
> probably do me good, but I can't face the aggro of all
> the backup and reinstall, finding latest drivers etc. And
> it was working really well, despite the encrustations,
> until SP4 was installed.

I reckon it's worth doing a reinstall every so often. With W98 I had to
reinstall every few months in order to get rid of those rogue files that
seem to slow everything down. But with W2K I've only just reinstalled after
2 years of use, and then only to repartition the hard drive.

The W98 years got me into the habit of having a CD ready, filled with the
latest drivers and commonly used programs that I could use to reinstall
easily. Somebody else mentioned making an image of your hard drive once all
the basics are installed, just so you can revert every few months and get
rid of all the crap that accumulates. Of course, you have to keep your data
and OS on separate partitions for that to work...

charlie.
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