Computer Woes and how to get around certain *ahem* restrictions
MissDoh:
Partition are very useful. Personally my C: drive have 20 gig on which my windows is install and the rest of the space is on my d: drive.
Very useful when you need to reformat and don't want to loose everything, I actually keep a back-up of most of my things on d: drive and also on cd in case my hardrive get burninated. Though by reinstalling windows you probably will have to reinstall Sims 2 since the registry of it will not be in c: anymore and your game won't start unless you edit that registry and place back the missing information (I cannot tell you how to do that, it can be done but I don't exactly know how). My game is install on my D: drive since there is a lot more space there than in my c:
As for how to elimaninate or create new partitions, I think it depends on which windows version you have. I personnally use the professional one. But this must be done at first, meaning when you want to reinstall window you should make it so your computer read cd 1st (might have to go in the bios to trigger that) and place the cd in and reboot so it will actually use the cd to start your computer. A blue screen window set-up will appear and in there you can check the partition you have, create or delete some and also format your drives. It is better to delete the ones you don't want anymore before you create new ones so the small partitions meg are available to make a big chunk if you wish.
I am sure if you google or go on the windows site you will find more details on how partitions works, how to delete and create new ones without making your computer go into a BFBVFS.
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: MissDoh on 2006 March 30, 06:53:25
Very useful when you need to reformat and don't want to loose everything, I actually keep a back-up of most of my things on d: drive and also on cd in case my hardrive get burninated. Though by reinstalling windows you probably will have to reinstall Sims 2 since the registry of it will not be in c: anymore and your game won't start unless you edit that registry and place back the missing information (I cannot tell you how to do that, it can be done but I don't exactly know how). My game is install on my D: drive since there is a lot more space there than in my c:
I also have The Sims on my D: drive. It is easier to reinstall programs instead of trying to edit registry info. You can install it over the top of your existing installation, but you have to install all the EPs exactly as they were. I'm not sure how that would work in terms of patches and such. It might be better to delete the folder from your Program files and then reinstall. You won't be able to use the uninstaller because the program doesn't exist according to Windows at that point.
I also have 20 GB on my C: drive, and it is amazing how quickly Windows and other programs fill it up.
MissDoh:
Rainbow, when I can, I uninstall all the complete collection of Sims 2 before I reinstall Windows but it is of course not always possible.
Deleting the eagames or Sims2 fodler after installing Windows will work too, I have done it maybe once or twice in the past without problems.
Danni:
I have a copy of Windows XP Non Spyware edition (also known as Corporate edition if you want to ebay it :P).
It tries to phone home on errors, but didn't need activation, and all the software updates work. I've since made a Non-IE version of XP, that was about 200 megabytes. I might be able to upload it if you need it.
Chezzie:
my step-sister had to reformat her computer and her(legal) copy of XP would not register either. we tried every activation code we had and finally we called microsoft told them we reformatted and now it won't work and they gave her a new code, i think they asked for the old one but i can't remember, anyway microsoft will give you an activation code
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