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smallbeer · 01-04-2004, 09:22

I'm gonna do a bit of spring cleaning and format my hard drive. I'm sure someone (oli?) posted a checklist or how-to a while back but can't find it. I think I've got everything covered just wanted to check.

gray · 01-04-2004, 09:25

the one that i always forget is fonts.. can never remember where i bought them etc, so back em up

sleepingfish · 01-04-2004, 11:14

porn?

Mik · 01-04-2004, 11:21

internet connections, dial up phone numbers, email settings

Stickman · 01-04-2004, 11:27

And all your ftp details, passwords etc

smallbeer · 01-04-2004, 11:32

Nice. How do you export/save your favourites in IE?

oli · 01-04-2004, 11:38

File > import export > export favourites

backup your .pst folder for all emails as well (if using outlook)

Stickman · 01-04-2004, 11:42

Drivers - they can be a bitch to find again.

smallbeer · 01-04-2004, 11:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stickman

Drivers - they can be a bitch to find again.

Yep I think I've got all them. Bound to miss something though.

Just got to figure out what to do with the 13GB of mp3s I've got.

If you don't hear from me for a while after tonight, you know something went wrong.

dan · 01-04-2004, 12:48

Last time I formated and partitioned my drive, I zeroed it to boot... 6hrs later I was still wishing I hadn't bothered and went to bed.

oli · 01-04-2004, 14:20

Last time I was tinkering with hdds, I pulled the power cable out of one while it was switched on, it went pop and never worked again.

sleepingfish · 02-04-2004, 04:19

Might be worth (if you aren't already) using FDISK (if you can run DOS) to completely remove your hard drive partitions and put them back on again for a completely blank drive.

smallbeer · 02-04-2004, 06:35

Well fingers crossed I'm just about back. And I haven't found anything I've deleted that I shouldn't have yet.

dan · 02-04-2004, 06:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by smallbeer

And I haven't found anything I've deleted that I shouldn't have yet.

and I doubt you ever will...

smallbeer · 02-04-2004, 06:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan

and I doubt you ever will...

that's just what I was thinking

Ignorance is bliss until something stops working!

smallbeer · 02-04-2004, 07:18

haha I'm loving it.

I'm downloading/installing all the software and folders I had previously and neatly filing them away. Wonder how long that'll last.

01-04-2004, 09:22	#1 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,205	format hd check list? I'm gonna do a bit of spring cleaning and format my hard drive. I'm sure someone (oli?) posted a checklist or how-to a while back but can't find it. I think I've got everything covered just wanted to check. __________________ That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

01-04-2004, 11:32	#6 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,205	Nice. How do you export/save your favourites in IE? __________________ That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

01-04-2004, 11:38	#7 (permalink)
oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,971	File > import export > export favourites backup your .pst folder for all emails as well (if using outlook) __________________ Linked In :: Last.fm :: Twitter me ..................

01-04-2004, 14:20	#11 (permalink)
oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,971	Last time I was tinkering with hdds, I pulled the power cable out of one while it was switched on, it went pop and never worked again. __________________ Linked In :: Last.fm :: Twitter me ..................

02-04-2004, 06:35	#13 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,205	Well fingers crossed I'm just about back. And I haven't found anything I've deleted that I shouldn't have yet. __________________ That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

01-04-2004, 09:25	#2 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,768	the one that i always forget is fonts.. can never remember where i bought them etc, so back em up

01-04-2004, 11:14	#3 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	porn?

01-04-2004, 11:21	#4 (permalink)
Mik Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,758	internet connections, dial up phone numbers, email settings

01-04-2004, 11:27	#5 (permalink)
Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,563	And all your ftp details, passwords etc

01-04-2004, 11:42	#8 (permalink)
Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,563	Drivers - they can be a bitch to find again.

01-04-2004, 12:48	#10 (permalink)
dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,649	Last time I formated and partitioned my drive, I zeroed it to boot... 6hrs later I was still wishing I hadn't bothered and went to bed.

02-04-2004, 04:19	#12 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Might be worth (if you aren't already) using FDISK (if you can run DOS) to completely remove your hard drive partitions and put them back on again for a completely blank drive.

02-04-2004, 07:18	#16 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,205	haha I'm loving it. I'm downloading/installing all the software and folders I had previously and neatly filing them away. Wonder how long that'll last. __________________ That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

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