Before I go away and waste an evening, I'd like a few opinions on what I'm planning.
I've got loads of problems with my computer at the moment and basically I've had enough of trying to fix them (some date back to before Christmas
). I've decided just to delete everything and reinstall Windows from scratch. However, there are lots of things I currently have stored on my computer that I don't want/can't afford to loose. My plan is to move everything I need to keep onto my second hard-drive (F Drive), unplug it, and then format drive C completely. I'll then proceed to reinstall Windows XP. My plan then is to reconnect the second hard drive and just transfer all my saved files back over onto C.
Now, I think this plan should work, but too many times in the past I've gone ahead and done something that I "thought" would work, and it turned out it actually didn't work, and I lost everything as a result. So, if you would be so kind as to tell me in advance whether this is likely to work, I would really appreciate it.
My alternative would be to move all the files I need to keep over the LAN to the other computer, but there are approximately 3-4 GB worth of data and I don't fancy waiting three and a half hours for the files to be moved if possible.
Thanks.
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