TECH: HOMEDESK winrot correction plan

HOMEDESK has a bad case of winrot that won’t allow it to network with anything. Argh. So, it needs a reinstall. Always a traumatic event. I’ve ordered a WD500 external disk drive for taking a complete backup. I’m going to get GHOST for repartitioning. My tentative plan is:

  1. delete all downloaded software installer distribtuions:
  2. copy everything from HOMEDESK to the WD500;
  3. make an image of HOMEDESK on the WD500;
  4. GHOST HOMEDESK to cd;
  5. pray;
  6. repartition HOMEDESK’s 90 into 10-25-45-10+;
  7. reinstall XP into the D drive;
  8. see what I have lost?;
  9. live happiply ever after?

Sounds like a plan. Comments

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