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Old 09-09-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default vista, best way to format/reinstall painlessly

right now I have vista and my programs on one drive, then my user folders one a second and 80gb of DVDs on a third drive.

What's the most painless way of reformatting? I have a ton of programs installed. I plan on using vlite to minimize the install, so any tips with that is appreciated as well.
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Well majority (if not all) of your programs will need to be reinstalled. Your documents can just be saved to anotehr driver and then copied back once you install.

I think there are some nice threads about vliting Vista round here.

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My set-up is Vista/Programs/Games on my Veloci... Music/Documents/Pics/Movies/Etc. on my 250GB...

Formatting is no sweat.. I just reinstall windows and all programs and games. Reformatting is a good way to clean out a system and get rid of programs that are old and you no longer use. (as well as games)
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