BK> ...   
      
   BK> EV> One Ham I know told me he Wipes and Reinstalls everything   
   BK> EV> every few months on his HDD.   
   BK> EV> He said his computer works better when he does that.   
      
   BK> EV> I've never wanted to do that, if it works don't mess with   
   BK> EV> it. - TW   
      
   BK> I am working on two changes/improvements. I have changed to   
   BK> portable apps as much as possible. Just set up second app   
   BK> partition, and install all your programs there in portable form.   
   BK> There are a lot available. That way, if anything happens to your   
   BK> OS drive, all the programs are still there, ready to go as soon   
   BK> as you reinstall the OS. I just have a copy of my desktop in the   
   BK> app partition, copy it back to the new desktop directory and you   
   BK> are back in business.   
      
   Sounds intersting, I wil have to look into that.   
      
   BK> The maybe is because I do an image of my OS partition when I   
   BK> have it set up how I want it. Instead of doing a complete   
   BK> reinstall, I just reinstall the image. Back to where I wanted it   
   BK> to begin with. I keep all saved files on a storage partition.   
      
   BK> That also eliminates the need to copy back the desktop, except   
   BK> for changes done after the image was made. It's amazing how   
   BK> little actually needs to go on your OS partition.   
      
   Since I converted several computers to SSD's for theri Boot Drive I have   
   soem spare Hard Drives so I keep a "Clone" of the boot drive.   
   NOW al I havew to do is rembember to update the clones more often.   
   On the wifes XP machine since she does not make changes and there are no   
   more updates I am set for her. I also keep her data on an Internal   
   flash drive   
      
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