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In article <d$ZNeAAoumE3Ewk1@andyhart.demon.co.uk>, Andy Hart
<andy@andyhart.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <wT5gSCAw+jE3Ewyc@jsmdalkeith.demon.co.uk>, jim mackay
><jim@jsmdalkeith.demon.co.uk> writes
>>i am fed up with getting error messages whilst doing work on my home pc,
>>i have downloaded quite a lot of shareware,people im office are divided
>>about how to solve it,half are convinced the best way is to delete all
>>the shareware and start again the other half think is to reformatt my
>>hard drive.One of the errors completely wiped out my clean sweep
>>programme so that i cant ensure that when i take out the shareware i get
>>it all out . any ideas or other solutions or should i reformatt tyvm
>
>I would go for reformatting the HD, you then start with a "clean sheet"
>I have never done this myself and would be interested in other replies
>
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>Any other information / advise gratefully received

Formatting your hard drive is all well & good, as long as you are sure
that you have, on floppy or CD, all the drivers your PC requires - you
may well require installation disks for your monitor, CD, audio etc.  It
is not just a question of taking copies of files.

Don't forget, if you are formatting C:, you will need to add the /s
switch, to install boot up files, i.e.

Format C: /s

Is your HDD partitioned?  If so, and you have space, you could always
copy the whole of C: to, say, D:, using the XCOPY command.

Backing up the whole of C: to floppy will probably take the rest of your
life, though <g>

It is worthwhile doing, to clear out all the old rubbish, subject to the
above.
-- 
Graeme
Hertford, England