Partition Win 7

[Darrensen]

Hi guys,

I have a question for those that partition their drives.

Lets use this as an example. If i had a drive failure on my C drive, but all my photos, music, games etc.... were on a different volume (D). When i go to reinstall win on C drive, would the new install be able to launch application that were installed on D?

Am i right in thinking that because the app wasn't installed under that install of Windows, the registry wouldn't point to the correct location? If so, how do you get around this?

Thanks guys

 

[groovesection]

No, any programs installed on the D: drive will not run after a fresh install, you will need to re-install them again to get them to work.
The reason for this is many dll`s are installed and registered during install (and also Registry entries)
without these the programs will not run. (you will most likely get a missing dll error when trying to launch them)

 

[powned]

groovesection said it. it would be easy to remap access to the pics/music but games would need to be reinstalled.

 

[Buchanan0204]

Like the other two guys said, and yourself, no it wont work. The best thing to do if you are concerned of a system failure is to setup all your programs, install all your games, customise and tweak everything to your likings. Once all that is done and your happy, do an image backup of your drive, then if anything goes wrong you can just restore the image and away you go.

You can still install applications on the D: drive and nothing will be effected in the event of a system failure.

Simples