🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: alt.certification.mcse
Article #203

Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode

#203
From: Todd
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00
37 lines
2859 bytes
Rod Speed wrote in message ...
>
>Tom MacIntyre <tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:37bc1252.211235669@news1.ns.sympatico.ca...
>> Hyper <jimb@snip.net> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> it makes it easier to trouble shoot, reformatting
>>>>>>> and installing windows becomes easier,
>
>>>>>> I'm not convinced. With the apps on the second
>>>>>> partition, you'll have to uninstall them and reinstall
>>>>>> them again if you reformat the C drive and reinstall Win.
>
>>>>> A reinstall-over is all that is usually necessary
>>>>> when Windows is fully refreshed...
>
>>>> Nope, a clean reinstall on a freshly formatted partition often
>>>> produces a much cleaner and more stable install. Specially if
>>>> there has been much installing and uninstalling of apps to try them.
>
>>> he's saying that after you reinstall windows clean, you reinstall the
>>> apps over them selves to refresh the registry and any dll's that might
>>> need to be in windows\system, not installing windows over itself
>
>> Yes, that's what I meant...
>
>Still no advantage over a single partition boot drive on that app install
>stuff. With a major downside of the drive letters changing if you add
>another hard drive with a primary dos partition on it as a backup
>destination or just when upgrading to a new larger boot drive etc.
>
>
>

With as much time as you spent on this being a moron, you could have
installed and partitioned 20 HD's already.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <rrqcaokhboh43@corp.supernews.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <7pa1p4$32i$1@ffx2nh5.news.uu.net> <ET5u3.3532$O_1.20832@ozemail.com.au> <37B8FA7A.63CBEE72@snip.net> <fgbu3.3733$O_1.21412@ozemail.com.au> <37B9FF4E.32F52290@snip.net> <H8pu3.4139$O_1.25453@ozemail.com.au> <37ba882b.110318232@news1.ns.sympatico.ca> <jewu3.4358$O_1.26732@ozemail.com.au> <37BB908C.855BF641@snip.net> <37bc1252.211235669@news1.ns.sympatico.ca> <je_u3.5109$O_1.34772@ozemail.com.au>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f42b5,5f6974e49456f2b4
X-Google-Attributes: gidf42b5,public
X-Google-Thread: 100597,5f6974e49456f2b4
X-Google-Attributes: gid100597,public
X-Google-Thread: 1070cf,5f6974e49456f2b4
X-Google-Attributes: gid1070cf,public
X-Google-Thread: 108c83,5f6974e49456f2b4
X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public
X-Google-Thread: fde9e,5f6974e49456f2b4
X-Google-Attributes: gidfde9e,public
X-Google-Thread: 1020d9,5f6974e49456f2b4
X-Google-Attributes: gid1020d9,public
From: "Todd" <Post_to_group_only@nospam.com>
Subject: Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode
Date: 1999/08/20
Message-ID: <rrqcaokhboh43@corp.supernews.com>
X-Deja-AN: 515063505
References: <7pa1p4$32i$1@ffx2nh5.news.uu.net> <ET5u3.3532$O_1.20832@ozemail.com.au> <37B8FA7A.63CBEE72@snip.net> <fgbu3.3733$O_1.21412@ozemail.com.au> <37B9FF4E.32F52290@snip.net> <H8pu3.4139$O_1.25453@ozemail.com.au> <37ba882b.110318232@news1.ns.sympatico.ca> <jewu3.4358$O_1.26732@ozemail.com.au> <37BB908C.855BF641@snip.net> <37bc1252.211235669@news1.ns.sympatico.ca> <je_u3.5109$O_1.34772@ozemail.com.au>
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4
Newsgroups: alt.certification.mcse,alt.computer,alt.os.windows95,alt.windows95,alt.windows98,aus.computers
X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com