XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: blackhole@3rdleft.com   
      
    a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :   
   qsd687hf0dav7ovcq07sdoqpku7hp5dg87@4ax.com...   
   > 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??   
      
   No, it would be a complete waste of space as none of the programmes   
   would work, or just the odd small one perhaps. When programmes are   
   installed they put things in programme files but also in Windows,   
   System32, Application Data or anywhere else that they need to. A copy of   
   just programme files wouldn't let them work therefore.   
      
   You can, of course, almost always install programmes anywhere you like,   
   usually by going via a 'personalise' or advanced' menu at installation   
   time, but that just makes your PC messy and it's much easier to keep   
   them all in the same place, i.e. programme files.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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