NoelC Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 HarryTri, there was a way through it without formatting. I don't remember the specific prompts any more. It put virtually everything even remotely involved with the OS into a Windows.old folder, which it then proceeded to delete things from a few days later. I already knew it would do that and I had a separate backup. The other stuff, e.g., folders I have like \BIN, \COMMON, etc. it just left in place. Shae, I'm thinking maybe the thing to do in this silly "new release a year" environment is to always wait for the SP1 or .1 release, and install that afresh. Get to know the .0 version in virtual machines. At least that philosophy would require a full install only every couple of years. And yes, I agree that a full system reinstall isn't something one should have to do often at all. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osRe Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Whether or not it's best to wait for the first substantial update of an OS, until now no point release required a reinstall so those who didn't want to wait were in for a surprise. At least those who tweaked or installed non-trivial software. We may see where things are headed with 8.2 in a few months. Edited July 23, 2014 by shae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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