Reinstalling Windows 7

Infam0us · 1 Oct 2010 at 16:14

Hey guys,

I have a boot issue with my Windows 7 and wish to reinstall.

Is there a way of saving all my settings, wallpaper, Windows updates and so forth on a separate hardrive and then once I've installed Windows 7 again reverting back to the settings I had previously backed up with it?

I think it was called slipstreaming on XP but I really have no idea

Infam0us · 1 Oct 2010 at 16:38

Thanks, saving it now. I do have a question though, as my User Account is 284MB I saved that fine, but the shared items were over 400GB. Just wondering what they are? Is it my other two storage HDD's its picking up?

Infam0us · 1 Oct 2010 at 18:06

Brilliant, thanks

Infam0us · 1 Oct 2010 at 18:31

Thanks for the help

When I reinstall Windows and I choose to use this image will it return it to exactly the way it was before, bar installed games and programs?

Infam0us · 1 Oct 2010 at 18:43

Is that the "Create System Image" option on backup? I've made one of those in the past and when I had a faulty installation and reinstalled it said there was an unknown error. I'm worried that my boot error may be passed along if I make a system image, is this likely to happen?