How to Perform a Perfect Re-Install
Perhaps you tried to update your drivers or software and something terribly goes wrong. Today we will guide you through how to perform a perfect re-install for your PC. You may have wondered what would be the best way to reinstall your PC. It makes sense that when you wipe your hard drive and re-install your operating system that you make sure that your machine is running perfectly. Below are some tips designed to ensure that you perform a perfect re-install.
First of all, you should gather together all of the latest drivers for your hardware. Before you wipe your hard drive visit the websites of all of your hardware providers and download the very latest drivers. Burn theese onto a CD or copy them onto a USB stick to use later in the install.
Whichever operating system you are choosing to install, be it Windows XP or Vista, make sure you have downloaded the latest service pack from Microsoft. Currently this is service Pack 1 for Vista and service Pack 3 for Windows XP. Copy this onto the same CD or USB stick as your drivers.
Next you can start your operating system install, boot from your CD or DVD and delete the current operating system partition and recreate it. When you are prompted to format the partition do not choose quick format, instead perform a full format.
Once your operating system install is complete you should then install the current service Pack. Once this install is complete then reboot your PC and begin to install your drivers, rebooting when prompted.
Once the service pack and drivers have been installed you should visit Microsoft Update and install every single possible hot fix and patch. You may need to reboot your PC several times and visit Microsoft Update repeatedly until there are no more updates available.
Once you have finished installing every update, you should then take some time to clean up your installation. By using one of the many great utilities such as Tune-up Utilities 2008 you will be able to remove leftover installation files, and repair registry errors. It is important to note that the Windows registry will often contain hundreds of errors following a fresh re-install.
Once you have repaired your registry, removed all of the temporary installation files that have left behind, and checked everything is working, you should then fully defragment your drive. Finally you can consider creating a disk image which can be burned to CD or DVD which can be used to restore your system to this perfect state at any time.
