What should you watch out for when reinstalling the system? - China DOS Union Forum

Title: Re: What should you watch out for when reinstalling the system?

If you repartition, then everything on the disk is completely over, unless you use another machine or another disk to back it up first (of course, that doesn't apply if you use tools like pqmagic to partition); if you don't repartition, then data on partitions that aren't formatted won't be lost, and the contents of the partition to be formatted (for example, if you want to format D

can be copied to another logical drive (such as E

, then copied back after formatting.
Any data you want to keep when formatting must be copied out first as a backup, otherwise it's finished. As for other things to pay attention to, for example, if your CD-ROM drive doesn't read well, then consider copying the contents of the installation CD to the hard disk first and installing from the hard disk (actually, even if the CD-ROM drive reads fine, that's still a good idea), and also prepare in advance the software and drivers that need to be reinstalled, so you won't be scrambling around.

【 Mentioned in the post by loveabc (Crab): 】
: What should you pay attention to when formatting?
: What's the difference between repartitioning and not repartitioning.
: What else should be noted?
: Thanks!

That's right, especially the drivers. Nowadays the system can usually recognize graphics cards and network cards, but it mostly can't recognize sound cards.
If you can't find the driver, that'll be miserable.

If you have no CD-ROM drive or floppy drive, and there's no backup of the drivers on the hard disk, then you'd better not reinstall the system.
In that case your machine will very likely become nothing more than a display piece.
It's best not to repartition unless it's really necessary, unless you're extremely dissatisfied with the current partitioning.
A complete repartition means delete first and then repartition, so it's 3-2-1, then 1-2-3.
After partitioning, just format and it can be used.

Floor1　ko20010214	Posted 2003-06-28 00:00
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Title: Re: What should you watch out for when reinstalling the system? If you repartition, then everything on the disk is completely over, unless you use another machine or another disk to back it up first (of course, that doesn't apply if you use tools like pqmagic to partition); if you don't repartition, then data on partitions that aren't formatted won't be lost, and the contents of the partition to be formatted (for example, if you want to format D can be copied to another logical drive (such as E, then copied back after formatting. Any data you want to keep when formatting must be copied out first as a backup, otherwise it's finished. As for other things to pay attention to, for example, if your CD-ROM drive doesn't read well, then consider copying the contents of the installation CD to the hard disk first and installing from the hard disk (actually, even if the CD-ROM drive reads fine, that's still a good idea), and also prepare in advance the software and drivers that need to be reinstalled, so you won't be scrambling around. 【 Mentioned in the post by loveabc (Crab): 】 : What should you pay attention to when formatting? : What's the difference between repartitioning and not repartitioning. : What else should be noted? : Thanks! That's right, especially the drivers. Nowadays the system can usually recognize graphics cards and network cards, but it mostly can't recognize sound cards. If you can't find the driver, that'll be miserable. If you have no CD-ROM drive or floppy drive, and there's no backup of the drivers on the hard disk, then you'd better not reinstall the system. In that case your machine will very likely become nothing more than a display piece. It's best not to repartition unless it's really necessary, unless you're extremely dissatisfied with the current partitioning. A complete repartition means delete first and then repartition, so it's 3-2-1, then 1-2-3. After partitioning, just format and it can be used.