Related topics

Frontpage won't open after installing Expression Web!
Oh, and if you're going the Windows Vista route soon, it's insane not to have a complete image of your hard drive backed up somewhere safe! ..... Gently wipe down the casing using Q-Tips to clean small places like vent holes and disk drive openings. 10.) Never clean the inside computer components or other circuit

Doing a clean install, will the documents folders be removed
Robert Firth webmas...@winvistainfo.org microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Vista takes up about 7gb. As I recall, a clean install of XP Pro & Office 2003 was only about 5 or 6 GB. Am I missing a bunch of temp files to delete? I’m tempted to wipe the HD and try a raw install. TIA John.

Frontpage won't open after installing Expression Web!
kcjt2...@gmail.com kcjt2...@gmail.com windows-vista It doesn't need to be on another HD, just another partition. A clean new install (which is required for all Vista Beta2 CPP's) will wipe everything off the current partition, unless you created one specifically for it.

ram upgrade comfirmation
Wipe out the system and do a clean install of Vista. Install the hardware or software causing the problem. If the problem is gone start installing other But completely not to to the point. Procedure followed: 1. Data on external HD 2. Vista Upgrade advisor 3. Uninstalled all not compatible SW versions 4.

partition hard drive
Chasbo "Eric Baines" wrote: Don't suppose it is worth waiting a bit, buying the relevant Vista and installing that? and rerun the upgrade, that should wipe the drive and give you a nice clean install. Just remember to back everything up and check to make sure you have all necessary drivers on CD ahead of time.

HELP! Going back to XP from Vista Ultimate...
So they better clean up their act REAL soon. I never had any problems installing Vista on my Apple Intel PC. In fact, it went on as easy as it was to wipe OS X off the HD -- that is, EXTREMEMLY easy. Anyone who is having problems doing it is simply listening to ALL the wrong advice, or has absolutely no idea how to

Vista re-install question
I get this same virus show every few days, clean it, delete it and it comes back and party poker never goes away. Have run AIMFIX, SPYBOT, AdAware, my antivirus. .... When I tried to wipe it from the registry, it kept putting itself right back in, and I was just deleting it over and over again.

Vista Product Keys?
"Goxy24" wrote: Davywrote: Ah, you just want a clean hard drive.... have a look here http://groups.msn.com/ComputingSolutionsCenter/reformatting.msnw with these instructions you'll stop at the point of installing Windows, since you just want to 'wipe' the disc and not do an install... ...but could'nt you do that

Size of Vista Business Clean Install?
Dana Cline - MVP dcl...@scriptpro.com microsoft public windows mediacenter If you do a clean install, it will wipe everything in that partition. The other two contain 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista, which generally get replaced with each new build. I normally do clean installs, although I decided to upgrade

Will clean install wipe second HD?
MS haven'ta clue about the need to formally manage malware either, it's still "but Windows is so secure it never gets infected, so why would you need to clean it?" or "just wipe and rebuild whenever you suspect you may be infected", ie every time any poorly-defined problem arises on good hardware, which is about

Formating XP HD drive
Alias aka@masked&anonymous.es microsoft public windows vista general Eric wrote: I bought a new computer system a couple months ago. Pentium core 2duo 2.16ghz, 2GB ram, 500 mb hd. I installed XP on it and all ran fine. I decided to try out Vista Ultimate RTM. I installed it but did a clean install by completely

Can I do a clean install using the Retail Upgrade DVD
Richard you write that I should make sure nothing is running in the background before doing a clean install. Doesn'ta clean install wipe everything or am I intel 2 core 2g RAM graphic ATI x1950xtx 500 G HD Howard I think it is fair to say that most upgrades from XP to Vista are the ones causing most problems.

Update Visibility Problems
Darin Smith MS Darin_Smith...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Hi FredLC, I am unsure why you are having this issue, copy of Vista Ultimate, will the key work, or will I have to re-install with the accompanying DVD; - If I have to re-install, do I have to wipe the HD clean,

Vista Home Premium to Ultimate Upgrade
BigJim woody10...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup some people inadvertently choose the wrong drive to do a clean install thus wiping out the backup drive. If your pretty savvy about this stuff disconnection is not necessary, if not then disconnect the second hard drive to be safe,

Vista Installation incomplete...died halfway through installation
A comment about how you will deal with upgrading to Vista would be appreciated too. Thanks TMT Having had computers since the time of DOS, I have been a Microsoft customer for more than 20 I would need to wipe the drive clean because Windows XP had just become to "gunked up" to be working acceptably any longer.

Best Way to re-install MCE 2005?
Paul Randall paulr...@cableone.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup It is very likely that you will have to reactivate Vista in the future. Is this a problem because I did an upgrade instead of a clean install? Before I wipe the machine I am going to put this in, and put the time,

Vista File Backup
My family recently purchased a laptop from Circut City, and want to wipe the hd clean, and start with a fresh install of vista. However, no windows disc is included with the machine, but we have a liscense number for Vista premium. We DO NOT want to restore it to how CC sold it to us - that is what we are trying to

Cyberlink PowerDVD Suite 6 vs. Roxio, Sony, DVD suites?
I understand that this Vista does not allow dual boot. I am considering upgrate to Ultimat. I have two questions: 1. When I upgrade, sould I jut pop-in the cd/dvd and let the Ultimat do the upgrade or should I wipe out the hard drive and do a clean install? 2. I also downloaded the Virtual PC.

Cubase Studio 4 beginning to smell like Eau de Ass
Their final word is: - wipe the C drive clean - package the machine up and send to their repair depot - wait an undetermined amount of time - they will strip the vista and microsoft stickers, including keys, off the machine case - they will install a plain vanilla xp - there will be no warranty on it - I will have

Confusion on upgrade vs. full versions - please help!
Unformat the area on the hard-disk where you want to install Vista and let Vista to do a full clean-install into that area ( with partition generation and Booting XP (regardless of disk priority) will ALWAYS completely wipe all Vista Restore points unless the Vista disk is physically disabled by one means or