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    EV> One Ham I know told me he Wipes and Reinstalls everything   
    EV> every few months on his HDD.   
    EV> He said his computer works better when he does that.   
      
    EV> I've never wanted to do that, if it works don't mess with   
    EV> it. - TW   
      
    I am working on two changes/improvements. I have changed to   
    portable apps as much as possible. Just set up second app   
    partition, and install all your programs there in portable form.   
    There are a lot available. That way, if anything happens to your   
    OS drive, all the programs are still there, ready to go as soon   
    as you reinstall the OS. I just have a copy of my desktop in the   
    app partition, copy it back to the new desktop directory and you   
    are back in business.   
      
    It does leave you haveing to reinstall some programs, maybe.   
      
    The maybe is because I do an image of my OS partition when I   
    have it set up how I want it. Instead of doing a complete   
    reinstall, I just reinstall the image. Back to where I wanted it   
    to begin with. I keep all saved files on a storage partition.   
      
    That also eliminates the need to copy back the desktop, except   
    for changes done after the image was made. It's amazing how   
    little actually needs to go on your OS partition.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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