re: Correct way of saving data files before reformat
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:57 am
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22029 messages posted)
If you have only one drive, then your saved data would be deleted. It needs to be
saved on a separate drive.
When you reload, it would be advisable to create two partitions, and move My Docs
to the second hard drive that you created.
On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:37 am, Vic wrote:
>I am facing the daunting task of having to reformat my Dell inspiron 1520 laptop's
>hard drive and reloading all my programs. I am saving my data and as everything
including
>documents , photos, music, videos etc would all be locate as subfiles under “Jim”
>my computer’s name. It also includes the “Appdata” file.
>
>When I download the Jim file on my reformatted disk will that include
>All of my previous settings?? I am using Vista
>Thanks for any insight or tips to make this long task easier!
>Vic
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