If you're going to install CleanSweep, Uninstaller, or some such, it seems to be a good idea to install it right after the OS/OS updates so it will track the installations of the other programs. jack payton On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:17:27 -0700 "Joel M. Blackman" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I do the OS, then all the OS updates. The very next thing is Goback in case > something gets screwed up. It might be a good idea to copy the hard disk at > this point to a CD so you still have a clean registry. One of the last > things is the anti-virus and/or system utilities, both of which can > cause a lot of problems on installs. I am not sure what good running > scandisk would do between installs, but it can't hurt anything. You might even > want to defrag between installs, but it will take a month of Sundays to > install all your software that way. If you can, get the most recent copies of > all your software so you don't need to be doing all the updates separately. > Keep an eye out for the version conflict manager so that all your OS updates > don't get overwritten by older files. You may want to reinstall all the > OS updates one more time after your software is installed, just in case > newer files have been overwritten. > > Original question: > After having done another format and reinstall, I have two questions: > Do others have an order of program installation, such as, first OS, then > antiviral program, then word processor, etc? > > Do others have a routine for mitigating problems, such as, running > Scandisk between each program installation? > > Demetri Kolokotronis Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com