Windows 7

[tper]

Think I am going to do it -- thanks

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by tper

Think I am going to do it -- thanks

Good Luck. My best suggestion is to buy an external hard drive to back up all your important files with - a good 320-500GB drive can be had for about $100. I suggest the Seagate Free Agent Go.

$120 from Amazon
Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST905003FGA2E1-RK (Silver): Computer & Accessories

Also, make sure to back up frequently used (yet often forgotten to back up) items like your bookmarks and email contacts if you don't use a web-based email client.

Lastly, get pen and paper and write down a list of all the software you need to re-install. Make sure you have the install CDs or download the software ahead of time to make it east to get done in one shot.

Again, good luck. Your computer will probably seem like it's brand-spankin new when you're done.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Good Luck. My best suggestion is to buy an external hard drive to back up all your important files with - a good 320-500GB drive can be had for about $100. I suggest the Seagate Free Agent Go.

$120 from Amazon
Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST905003FGA2E1-RK (Silver): Computer & Accessories

Also, make sure to back up frequently used (yet often forgotten to back up) items like your bookmarks and email contacts if you don't use a web-based email client.

Lastly, get pen and paper and write down a list of all the software you need to re-install. Make sure you have the install CDs or download the software ahead of time to make it east to get done in one shot.

Again, good luck. Your computer will probably seem like it's brand-spankin new when you're done.

I would go so far as to say what he said and to buy Acronis Home - the latest with Win7 support and make a recoverable backup and boot disk so you can always go back.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

My best suggestion is to buy an external hard drive to back up all your important files with - a good 320-500GB drive can be had for about $100. I suggest the Seagate Free Agent Go.

This time of year watch for specials, I picked up a Seagate 1T ext HD for only $69 at Staples. Happened to be a Black Friday special but sure these deals will repeat again if not before 12/25 as an end-of-year deal. Price of >1T drives falling faster than the <1T drives.

[JohnR]

On second thought, I would recommend the Western Digital over the Seagate Free Agents - lots of problems with those.