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Reformatting: The WinXP and Win7 Blues(not the user :O!)
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06-29-2009, 03:50 PM

Well, XP has started to bluescreen for no apparent reason. Also i thought Win7 32-bit could read my 4GB ram, it 'sees' what XP 'sees' unfortunately.


Reformatting is easy, but i absolutely hate backuping. I lost files from my transition from my emachine to my February '09 build.  >Sad
Thank god i havent put anything on Win7, yet. Reinstalling my Steam games and mods will suck.


Hopefully i can have atleast TF2 running by TFT.

I let someone borrow my XP SP3 so i had to make a brand new disc..


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06-29-2009, 04:03 PM

(06-29-2009, 03:50 PM)Star Knight link Wrote: Well, XP has started to bluescreen for no apparent reason. Also i thought Win7 32-bit could read my 4GB ram, it 'sees' what XP 'sees' unfortunately.

What OS is it does not matter. All that matters is if it is 64-bit. If you get that, then you're all set for 4gigs and beyond.


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06-29-2009, 04:16 PM

WHAT DO YOU WA... oh. Carry on then.


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06-29-2009, 04:36 PM

(06-29-2009, 04:16 PM)Pokemon Trainer Blues link Wrote: WHAT DO YOU WA... oh. Carry on then.
GOSH!



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Backing Steam Games up...*hopes it doesnt take long*
It wont let me copy the Documents+Settings so ill steal it while booted in Win7. >Big Grin


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06-29-2009, 04:58 PM

I'd love to try W7 but I don't want to do it knowing that the build you can get now will lock itself in a year and I'll be forced to re-backup everything on my PC all over again when that happens to reformat in a new OS.


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06-29-2009, 05:05 PM

(06-29-2009, 04:58 PM)KorJax link Wrote: I'd love to try W7 but I don't want to do it knowing that the build you can get now will lock itself in a year and I'll be forced to re-backup everything on my PC all over again when that happens to reformat in a new OS.
You could just put it on a second HD, thats what i did. Dualboot XP and Win7. If you dont have a second drive, you partition your HD if youve got the space.


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06-29-2009, 08:07 PM

(06-29-2009, 05:05 PM)Star Knight link Wrote: [quote author=KorJax link=topic=3177.msg93440#msg93440 date=1246312728]
I'd love to try W7 but I don't want to do it knowing that the build you can get now will lock itself in a year and I'll be forced to re-backup everything on my PC all over again when that happens to reformat in a new OS.
You could just put it on a second HD, thats what i did. Dualboot XP and Win7. If you dont have a second drive, you partition your HD if youve got the space.
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Still have to reinstall everything though ;P


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06-29-2009, 09:31 PM

You people realize you don't have to reinstall Steam games at all. Copy paste the steam folder to a drive, launch, enjoy.


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06-29-2009, 09:43 PM

(06-29-2009, 09:31 PM)Pokemon Trainer Blues link Wrote: You people realize you don't have to reinstall Steam games at all. Copy paste the steam folder to a drive, launch, enjoy.

No windows registry bs to worry about?  Steam is all totally self-contained in there?  Good to know.
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06-29-2009, 09:44 PM

(06-29-2009, 09:43 PM)Fail Medic link Wrote: [quote author=Pokemon Trainer Blues link=topic=3177.msg93553#msg93553 date=1246329088]
You people realize you don't have to reinstall Steam games at all. Copy paste the steam folder to a drive, launch, enjoy.

No windows registry bs to worry about?  Steam is all totally self-contained in there?  Good to know.
[/quote]Yeah, i just have my folder chillin' on an external harddrive.
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06-29-2009, 09:45 PM

(06-29-2009, 09:44 PM)Greatbacon link Wrote: Yeah, i just have my folder chillin' on an external harddrive.

So do I, but I thought it'd be useless after a reformat.  That's gonna save me a lot of time.
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06-29-2009, 09:52 PM

I hate running at 800x600, i wants mah 1280x1024! And Steam wont install cos .NET framework is installing.  >Sad and .nets taking its time!!!


(06-29-2009, 09:31 PM)Pokemon Trainer Blues link Wrote: You people realize you don't have to reinstall Steam games at all. Copy paste the steam folder to a drive, launch, enjoy.
When i did it on my old rig it acted as if it was never copied to it.  Sad


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06-29-2009, 10:49 PM

(06-29-2009, 09:43 PM)Fail Medic link Wrote: [quote author=Pokemon Trainer Blues link=topic=3177.msg93553#msg93553 date=1246329088]
You people realize you don't have to reinstall Steam games at all. Copy paste the steam folder to a drive, launch, enjoy.

No windows registry bs to worry about?  Steam is all totally self-contained in there?  Good to know.
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06-30-2009, 12:02 AM

Yeah forgot about that. It'll do a quick update and everything will work as if it had been installed that day.


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06-30-2009, 02:57 AM

Finally got all the XP updates installed, now to games, programs and modding tools(yay!)

Constant reboot is gewd?


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06-30-2009, 05:59 AM

(06-30-2009, 02:57 AM)Star Knight link Wrote: Finally got all the XP updates installed, now to games, programs and modding tools(yay!)

Constant reboot is gewd?
What do you mean, constant reboot? Like, the thing won't stop rebooting? Or you have to reboot after every install...?



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06-30-2009, 12:47 PM

(06-30-2009, 05:59 AM)at0m link Wrote: [quote author=Star Knight link=topic=3177.msg93605#msg93605 date=1246348652]
Finally got all the XP updates installed, now to games, programs and modding tools(yay!)

Constant reboot is gewd?
What do you mean, constant reboot? Like, the thing won't stop rebooting? ...?
[/quote]every install. Only did it  until Windows bugged me enough. Then to find out it has another update for you.


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06-30-2009, 12:49 PM

(06-30-2009, 12:47 PM)Star Knight link Wrote: [quote author=at0m link=topic=3177.msg93611#msg93611 date=1246359564]
[quote author=Star Knight link=topic=3177.msg93605#msg93605 date=1246348652]
Finally got all the XP updates installed, now to games, programs and modding tools(yay!)

Constant reboot is gewd?
What do you mean, constant reboot? Like, the thing won't stop rebooting? ...?
[/quote]every install. Only did it  until Windows bugged me enough. Then to find out it has another update for you.
[/quote]ya that part's normal.



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06-30-2009, 12:56 PM

Protip:

Closing explorer.exe and running it again is passable for half of the programs that ask you to do a reboot to load them fully.


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06-30-2009, 01:20 PM

(06-30-2009, 12:56 PM)Pokemon Trainer Blues link Wrote: Protip:

Closing explorer.exe and running it again is passable for half of the programs that ask you to do a reboot to load them fully.
Or you can just reboot, since on a fresh install it doesn't take all that long.



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