[QUOTE=macerator;23368065]Donesn't windows 7 put everything into windows.old for you?[/QUOTE]
This is what I thought it did (if you told Win7 Setup to do it).
[QUOTE=macerator;23368065]Donesn't windows 7 put everything into windows.old for you?[/QUOTE]
It did for me, can't remember if I told the setup to do it though.
OP is using xp, I know that vista and 7 stick everything in windows.old (including /program files), but I'm not sure doing an xp install over the top does too.
Completed,problem solved with partition magic. Made a logical,nuked C to hell,installed winxp on C,merged,all fine now.
Lock.
[QUOTE=Tekno;23343552]^ Yeah, you can try making a separate partition for your HD to store the games while you format your C drive, after it's done you can merge them back together.[/QUOTE]
You better keep your system always separated from Games,Programs and Data. My suggestion is using a 35 GB System Partition which has nothing but Windows, one Partition for Programs, Games and Data. I still have 19 GB free of my System partition.
The advantage of this Setup: You can format your System-Drive and everything else stays untouched. I still don't understand those people who put everything into the main-partition.
[QUOTE=aVoN;23592194]You better keep your system always separated from Games,Programs and Data. My suggestion is using a 35 GB System Partition which has nothing but Windows, one Partition for Programs, Games and Data. I still have 19 GB free of my System partition.
The advantage of this Setup: You can format your System-Drive and everything else stays untouched. I still don't understand those people who put everything into the main-partition.[/QUOTE]
I wish I'd have thought of that BEFORE I reformatted last week...
That is a very, very good idea.
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