XP, Reformat?

[lynx]

Good point Lynx , Zapjb mentions this in his how to change pin thread . Might be a bonus for members who hav'nt done that yet ! But just a thought .

I did that a coupla weeks ago, got quite a performance boost. Trouble is it doesn't last long though.

My own outtake on all of this: I truthfully could care less on the "politically correct" terminology and definition of the actions and care more so on sheer implications that the "new installation" option of Windows XP usually (and logically) coincides and denotes having first wiped or deleted a previously "FUBAR'ed" OS installation partition that by all accounts is most likely considered "beyond the value of repairing".

You just reminded me why I was going to get some dual-layer dvd's. I usually make a Ghost image and burn it to DVD once all my software is installed, but it has got a little too large to fit on a single layer disc these days. Restoring from an image is a lot quicker than re-installing.

[Izagaia]

lynx: I would not mind being able to do that myself. You are right... that definitely would save a great deal of time. Truthfully, I never even contemplated something like that before. I will have to expirament with creating an image for my system. It is not like DVD optical drives with dual-layer wrinting capabilities are all that exspensive anymore. And I do have my eye on one in particular. I suppose I am just sticking to what I know "works" for the time being.