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

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