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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>DRIVINFST</b> <br /><small>Member # 2430</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,4,30,12,45,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I"m trying to start over with a computer I've had for a few years and I want to reformat the C: drive and reinstall Windows. It also has a slave drive E:. If I save all my files I want to keep to the E:, will all those files stay safe and not be lost when i reformat the C: drive? After I get this done, what anti virus and spyware do you recommend? Thanks <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>essasin</b> <br /><small>Member # 4741</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,4,30,12,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Make sure you reformat and install windows on the correct partion/ hard drive (C) and you will be fine. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>JOEFOX87</b> <br /><small>Member # 8331</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,4,30,20,26,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> You should back up all of your files in case you press the wrong button and reformat your E:<br /><br />Really low odds of this happening, but I would say that you do it just in case. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>N8</b> <br /><small>Member # 6048</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,4,30,20,55,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> you should be good, if you do that. You could also disconnect the drive too as to avoid any overwrite. As for A/V I use AVG the free version with no issues. In the office we have a enterprise solution but for home use AVG should be good and you can get it from <a href="http://www.filehippo.com." target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.filehippo.com.</a> Also grad spybot and super anti-spyware and maybe AdAware. All of them are free from the link I posted. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>liftedF150</b> <br /><small>Member # 868</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2009,4,30,22,48,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by N8:<br /><strong> you should be good, if you do that. You could also disconnect the drive too as to avoid any overwrite. As for A/V I use AVG the free version with no issues. In the office we have a enterprise solution but for home use AVG should be good and you can get it from <a href="http://www.filehippo.com." target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.filehippo.com.</a> Also grad spybot and super anti-spyware and maybe AdAware. All of them are free from the link I posted. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">AVG FTW also i use the free online scan at <a href="http://www.antivirus.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.antivirus.com</a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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