XPost: alt.windows-xp   
      
   On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:18:03 -0500, Grinder    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 9/27/2011 3:36 PM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   If one has XP Pro, with all updates since XP came out,   
   >> installed but with a messed up system, what happens if   
   >> a new XP Pro SP3 disk is bought and "installed"?   
   >>    Does it wipe C:\ clean and do a new install?   
   >> Or, does it overwrite only files which are older or   
   >> differ in size?   
   >   
   >You can do a clean install or a repair install.  The later will attempt   
   >to overwrite the core system files and registry entries, irrespective I   
   >>    I had a minor problem of some (at least two) missing or   
   >> corrupt drivers. But, in an attempt to resolve that I ended up   
   >> with a piece of really viscous malware. As a result, the   
   >> system is reall mesed up --- useable but clearlyit'ws not well!   
   >   
   >The only reason not to do a clean install to get out of a torn up system   
   >is because you do not have all of the installers for your applications   
   >or hardware.   
   >believe, of file sizes or dates.   
      
    Thank you!  Now another one--- to me an annoying thing about   
   Windows is it's insistance of mixing added software into the Windows   
   Directory --- (C:\Program Files)   
    Would it work to save a backup of C:\Program Files and put that back   
   into a new clean install??   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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