Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] RAM in Laptop
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu Nov 29 08:21:59 2007
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Frank,
I do it like clockwork every 6 months - reformat & reinstall.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Nov 29, 2007 8:09 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:

> While I fully believe Michiel is correct, this is by far the most
> stressful and difficult job an average Windows user is likely to
> encounter.....
>
> Among other things, Outlook saves its file ( not files, but file) in some
> obscure place.  To tear the program down and re-install on another 
> computer,
> or in this case, reinstall the OS, requires you to do this before teardown.
>  I have tried this twice in the past year, and failed twice, pissing off my
> wife greatly because she lost some emails that were critical to her job.
>
> Now I know about Outlook, but what other programs have hidden data files
> you must find?
>
> It is way too scary.  I usually just add/swap out my HDD for a bigger one,
> and thus never really get down to just an OS upgrade.
>
> Yes, with a fresh OS install, my computer ran faster.  But I am not an IT
> professional like some on this and my other lists are.
>
> It would be nice to purchase a program that would actually get all backup
> files ready for a OS re-install.  I wonder if one exists?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> A windows machine needs a fresh install of the OS on a regular basis.
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema) ([Leica] RAM in Laptop)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] RAM in Laptop)