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By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:02:20 +0000

Same here I also use BartPE but with unlocker to rename my Documents and Settings, Move all valueble files to a non windows folder and delete all traces of windows; Deleting it with unlocker gives me an access denied. I don’t know how to do this with OEM computers though since I don’t have sample which I can mess up with.

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Nik — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:32:44 +0000

Brought my Dell back from the ashes of the ultimate crashdown after installing SP3.

Many thanks for your help, Jorge!

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By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:17:51 +0000

Vista has some different repair options and prettier screens:

Startup Repair
This option attempts to repair any problems preventing you from booting Vista.

System Restore
If you have system restore enabled, you can restore your system to a previous restore point.

Windows Complete PC Restore
Restore your computer with a backup that was previously created (only available in Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise)

Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
Tests your memory to see if it has gone bad.

Command Prompt
Provides a command prompt to allow you to copy, remove, rename files etc. If ever you do have trouble with Vista, I would first try the Startup Repair and then System Restore.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:53:04 +0000

Does this work for Vista too?

By: haider_up32

haider_up32 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:04:51 +0000

Before You Format Your Windows PC

http://techtemper.blogspot.com/2009/01/before-you-format-your-windows-pc.html

By: Timothy

Timothy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:55:18 +0000

Awesome! I actually have to do this tonight, and stumbled upon this article through del.icio.us. Thanks!

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By: LifeLocksmith

LifeLocksmith — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:44:43 +0000

I prefer one of the following (more technical) methods:
1. Create an nLite Disc which writes to a different location the Windows; Program Files; Docuemnt and Settings
I prefere all under a WinXP folder with OS;Programs;Profiles respectively.

But this is only good a single time, since the next time I usually want all the things in the places I remember and like to use.

2. So what I usually do is boot from a BartPE Bootable disk, create a system.old folder on the root of the system drive, and then move (which is actually an elaborate alias for renaming, which is cheap on time) the 3 folders (Windows;Program Files;Documents and settings) into the system.old folder.

Both methods give me a clean start for installation without hurting any of the existing data, and not taking too much time, after the OS installation is complete I can move/delete any of the data from the old system.

NOTE: With these methods you don’t have to format your drive, so you don’t lose any information by accident.

Great article, and I hope I added my 2 cents and someone will find it useful.

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By: Rawr

Rawr — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:06:02 +0000

Use Linux. You won’t need this tutorial

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:59:08 +0000

If you have an OEM recover disk to restore to factory settings, I’d recommend using FAST to save and restore your data.

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By: Lonecat

Lonecat — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:40:18 +0000

If you have a install CD you could only format C and reinstall C following any way supplied here.
If all you’ve got is a OEM rescue image then you have two options, one is to begin fresh, the other one may be illegal but lead to the results you want…

By: Lonecat

Lonecat — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:26:27 +0000

My tools:
1. A linux LiveCD (Slax, Ubuntu or Kanotix usually)
2. Rsync
3. An external HD for backup purposes
4. An nlite’d XP install CD (Silent automatic install)

But I’ll definetly try FAST next time. Nice one

By: Alok

Alok — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:31:35 +0000

Nice post, but most of the recovery CD/DVD shipped today do not have the OS directly on them, they have the entire image of the disk. So when you restore using the recovery disk, the computer is restored to factory settings, deleting all the partitions or data that you may have.

Is there a way to recover the image only on the primary partition (C drive) and leave the other partitions intact?