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Rod Speed wrote:
> 
> Hyper <jimb@snip.net> wrote in message news:37BB908C.855BF641@snip.net...
> 
> >>> 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
> 
> Most people do a clean install of windows by formatting
> the partition. So there aint no registry to 'refresh'.
> 
> Even if you just delete the \Windows tree, the registry is still gone.
> 
> Most app installs use the registry to decide if its already installed.
> 
> > and any dll's that might need to be in windows\system,
> > not installing windows over itself
> 
> Dunno, 'reinstall-over' appears to be saying that. Only he can
> say for sure but your interpretation has some logical holes in it.

um, no it doesn't.  you format your c; drive (you have more than one partition,
remember?), leaving your apps on d: or e: or whatever.  reinstall windows, have
registry with no additional software keys in it.  install apps over themselves,
registry keys added, missing dll's added, stuff works, windows clean, all good. 
now 1 partition only, format c:.  reinstall windows, reinstall software, hey,
where's my report?  crap i forgot to backup my word documents folder, off the
"Documents" tree in my extremely huge c: partition, this wouldn't never have
happened if i'd have made a partition for my documents and apps would it have?"
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