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Gosh I remember doing this years ago
This was back in the days of Win95, when people learned quickly that there came a time when it was necessary to reinstall the OS. In all the Windows machines I've used, except for my laptop, I have at least one separate data partition. The idea behind it always was that if I needed to wipe out the OS partition, it was a pain, but at least I didn't have to worry too much about losing my data. Still, there have been some instances where software insists on saving data to the OS partition. One I can think of right off is OE. Data backups still matter.
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One small remark  tombalablomba | 04/05/06
One small remark....  windy@... | 04/05/06
True... however with Microsoft...  nucrash | 04/05/06
Actually  tombalablomba | 04/06/06
User data on a different drive? PLEASE NO!  HVITALE@... | 04/07/06
Microsoft shouldn't dictate...  Tony Agudo | 04/07/06
Documents & Settings" to be on the main drive "C:\",  HVITALE@... | 04/07/06
Documents & Settings  Jxn | 06/07/06
The Microsoft security person is dead wrong  toadlife | 04/05/06
As Limited Users?  ~1iota | 04/05/06
We started out with power user  toadlife | 04/05/06
power management setting in domain?  itdaddy69 | 05/06/06
You are so right here.  Jxn | 06/07/06
Gosh I remember doing this years ago  Mark Miller | 04/05/06
A datum here and a datum there  phrubin | 04/05/06
There is a solution to this happy  Jxn | 06/07/06
OE backups  (``-_-´´) | 04/07/06
Get the horse before the cart, not the other way round  bportlock | 04/05/06
The design is there - but no one uses it  toadlife | 04/05/06
So it's official  tracy anne | 04/05/06
so its official....  windy@... | 04/05/06
Don't waste time with this thread  george_ou | 04/05/06
Nonsense?  billallyn@... | 04/05/06
Yes, Nonsense.  Jxn | 06/07/06
A couple of things  Roger Ramjet | 04/05/06
Couple of things  richardc_z | 04/10/06
Imaging  Roger Ramjet | 04/11/06
Imaging is BAD  Jxn | 06/07/06
System Migration Tools are a plus  nucrash | 04/05/06
Knoppix Hack #78  D. T. Schmitz | 04/05/06
Knoppix Hack #79  D. T. Schmitz | 04/05/06
Knoppix hacks  handydan918 | 04/05/06
Surely you can't  D. T. Schmitz | 04/05/06
A few common FAQs  D. T. Schmitz | 04/05/06
there is a lot of truth to this  zdnet reader | 04/07/06
You CAN put Docs&Settings on D:  bmgoodman | 04/05/06
Yeah, I figured there was a way  george_ou | 04/05/06
I agree 100%  bmgoodman | 04/05/06
The registry isn't the problem  toadlife | 04/05/06
%WHAT?%  (``-_-´´) | 04/07/06
I definitely agree!  Tony Agudo | 04/05/06
I don't know  george_ou | 04/05/06
GUI for profile management  diane wilson | 04/05/06
No, that's for a home network share  george_ou | 04/05/06
doesnt that just....  richvball44 | 06/07/06
Ummm a question  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
Like I said, My Docs are NOT enough  george_ou | 04/05/06
Got it  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
can't separate user data from Windows C:\  diane wilson | 04/05/06
Yes, ALL data should be separate by default  george_ou | 04/05/06
dude, decades behind  richvball44 | 06/07/06
separate partition  zclayton2 | 04/06/06
I had to do a wipe recently.  Mr. Roboto | 04/05/06
It's called TripWire  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/05/06
I know what it's called, doesn't change the fact  george_ou | 04/07/06
Oversimplification. Big time. And missed the point.  gregry | 04/05/06
Nice suicide advice  george_ou | 04/05/06
Apple did it and they survived  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
LOL, you think Microsoft should adopt Apple's business plan  george_ou | 04/05/06
.  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/05/06
BUT!  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/05/06
Is that the first, second, or third times?  george_ou | 04/06/06
A few correcttions  toadlife | 04/05/06
youre on!!!!  richvball44 | 06/07/06
restore stinks  rtreitner | 04/05/06
Relocating "My Documents" is Easy in W2K/WXP  BillyWho | 04/05/06
Still leaves your mailbox & other things exposed  bmgoodman | 04/05/06
Not what I'm talking about  george_ou | 04/05/06
(un)common sense might also help  dlmeyer@... | 04/05/06
ummmh, (un)common sense?  ~1iota | 04/05/06
wiping infected PC's  Adam Timmons | 04/05/06
Not talking about 'last known good' function  george_ou | 04/05/06
Best recovery method I've found  mreilly19 | 04/05/06
Great Idea  remoulton | 06/07/06
Interesting Thread--two cents from a hardware guy  WinnebagoBoy | 04/05/06
Often its the ONLY (cost effective) way  remoulton | 06/07/06
It seems to me...  JDThompson | 04/05/06
not my area of expertise, but. . .  WinnebagoBoy | 04/05/06
so...  JDThompson | 04/05/06
Sorry, you misunderstood my point  WinnebagoBoy | 04/06/06
Amen!!!  remoulton | 06/07/06
in reguards to data partitions  jimiznhb | 04/05/06
in reguards to data partitions  misceng | 04/06/06
Does not compute  gsteele531@... | 04/11/06
Well again the Nix method wins  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
I'm a Mac user...  MacGeek2121 | 04/05/06
Mac  ebayironman | 06/07/06
Moving Documents and Settings  DDXHome | 04/05/06
Death Penalty  billallyn@... | 04/05/06
You're right....  rabscuttle | 06/07/06
A little harsh, but not much!  shushu | 06/07/06
On to something  Richard Flude | 04/05/06
System Recovery....  CharlesProoth | 04/05/06
BootIt NG  Ipsenol | 04/06/06
Moving My Documents Folder in XP  vangough@... | 04/05/06
Read the blog and ALL the other posts  george_ou | 04/06/06
"Cleanly" is the opposite of MS' business plan  critic-at-arms | 04/06/06
Can I get an AAAA-MEN?!?  Robert Crocker | 04/06/06
Outlook and OE is worse!  george_ou | 04/06/06
George...Outlook or Outlook Express?  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
Yup, and Apple could learn  george_ou | 04/06/06
Wrong again, George  V-Train | 04/06/06
They fix it, I stop calling them on it  george_ou | 04/06/06
How about admitting you're wrong?  V-Train | 04/07/06
Sour grapes?  george_ou | 04/07/06
Wrong again  V-Train | 04/07/06
But it is possible to use image files without extensions  george_ou | 04/07/06
If it's an executable, it has an extension  V-Train | 04/07/06
I'm thinking pre-OS X then  george_ou | 04/08/06
One of the biggest failings with Windows over its short lifetime  zdnet reader | 04/06/06
system settings  WinnebagoBoy | 04/06/06
lots of possibilities  zdnet reader | 04/07/06
Nonsense  WinnebagoBoy | 04/08/06
Nice touch above George!  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
I love your idea  Redondo5000 | 04/07/06
People tend to stick with what they know  george_ou | 04/07/06
Which idea?  WinnebagoBoy | 04/07/06
I won't knock the idea...  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
Wipe out and Partition  Aaron A Baker | 04/07/06
Fat32 is bad  george_ou | 04/07/06
Must have missed something  Aaron A Baker | 04/07/06
Important in the home too  george_ou | 04/08/06
Defenitely Food For Thought  Aaron A Baker | 04/09/06
Someday George  Aaron A Baker | 04/11/06
Privacy?  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
Depends on the use.  D-cat | 04/08/06
Depends on the use is correct!  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
If it's an executable, it has an extension  V-Train | 04/07/06
Whoops, wrong place  V-Train | 04/07/06
Thank You George!  D-cat | 04/08/06
I'm not sure about not restoring program files  george_ou | 04/09/06
Nothing wrong with that.  D-cat | 04/09/06
Get this...  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
They often do just that...  cglrcng@... | 06/07/06
Great Idea  JusB@... | 06/07/06
It is the ONLY solution  Ian Sedwell | 06/07/06
Documents saved on different drive.  JohnPaulJones | 06/07/06
Sense and sensiblity  shushu | 06/07/06
Restoring OS after Virus  ZZZ1 | 06/15/06
Just makes things worse  ldsandon | 08/02/06

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