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RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory
you could end up with some dodgy problems in the end...
eg. drive letter problems because of the \DosDevices\* entries in HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\ (that is, if you repartition your hdd) and missing user settings (Local Settings, Application Data, HKCU registry, etc.) unless you copy the Documents and Settings folder too, but that would make the format even more pointless.

If you really wanted to do anything like that, you've chosen the wrong OS ;)
Windows is just way too cluttered and messy by design to let stuff like that work without any problems.

This post was edited on 03-27-2008 at 04:55 PM by Jesus.
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Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Mike on 03-27-2008 at 04:21 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Quantum on 03-27-2008 at 04:23 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Nathan on 03-27-2008 at 04:37 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by andrey on 03-27-2008 at 04:40 PM
RE: RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by segosa on 03-31-2008 at 02:44 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Jesus on 03-27-2008 at 04:53 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Dr4g0n on 03-27-2008 at 06:47 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Adeptus on 03-27-2008 at 07:15 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by CookieRevised on 03-27-2008 at 07:36 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Mike on 03-27-2008 at 07:36 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by NiteMare on 03-27-2008 at 09:38 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Mike on 03-27-2008 at 09:43 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by NiteMare on 03-27-2008 at 10:13 PM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Th3rmal on 03-28-2008 at 04:53 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by andrewdodd13 on 03-28-2008 at 10:32 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by ShawnZ on 03-31-2008 at 03:28 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Jarrod on 03-31-2008 at 06:09 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Mike on 03-31-2008 at 11:32 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by Jarrod on 03-31-2008 at 11:44 AM
RE: Reinstalling Windows without actually losing installed programs/drivers theory - by CookieRevised on 03-31-2008 at 04:57 PM


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