The reinstall is just a question, for future reference.  Everything is
working so far.  And I make monthly full bootable backups of my C drive,
just in case of a HD failure.  And I also make a full backup, not
bootable, more often just to be safe.  And a weekly data backup onto a
CD.  I've been burned before, and my backups are all that saved me.
 
Diane Kroeckel
 
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:04:41 -0800 David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>   The install disks I've used will look for an existing Windows 
> installation.  If they find one, they'll offer the opportunity to 
> update 
> that existing installation, retaining not only data but installed 
> applications as well.  You're not required to take that opportunity; 
> if you 
> install to a new folder instead, your data and program files will 
> still be 
> there, but none of the registry keys that tell Windows about your 
> installed 
> applications.
>   (If you have the install format the partition, then even the files 
> will be 
> gone.)
> 
> David Gillett
> 
> 

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