reinstalling vista home premium

knight00

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my computer keeps freezing/crashing etc.., so i decided to reinstall my os, the problem is i dont want to lose any of my data. i dont have a extra harddrive lying around and disc so i cant exactly back them up, the only thing available to me is the os disc that came with purchasing my comp, i wanted to know how would i get around to keeping all my files on my comp with what i have, i read something about when reinstalling itll make a file called windows.old and move all my files in my desktop/documents there, how would i get around to doing this?
 

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my computer keeps freezing/crashing etc.., so i decided to reinstall my os, the problem is i dont want to lose any of my data. i dont have a extra harddrive lying around and disc so i cant exactly back them up, the only thing available to me is the os disc that came with purchasing my comp, i wanted to know how would i get around to keeping all my files on my comp with what i have, i read something about when reinstalling itll make a file called windows.old and move all my files in my desktop/documents there, how would i get around to doing this?

See if this is what you are looking for :)

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
i couldnt upgrade so that guide didnt help tks anyways, my os finally died i couldnt get to my desktop no matter what i tryed, so i decided w.e and went to reinstall my os, i went to reinstall my os with the thought of losing everything in mind but a mssg popped up it said that itll move all my files to windows.old......... i couldnt believe no1 could answer this from the amount of times i asked, all i had to do was not formant.
 

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i couldnt upgrade so that guide didnt help tks anyways, my os finally died i couldnt get to my desktop no matter what i tryed, so i decided w.e and went to reinstall my os, i went to reinstall my os with the thought of losing everything in mind but a mssg popped up it said that itll move all my files to windows.old......... i couldnt believe no1 could answer this from the amount of times i asked, all i had to do was not formant.

Thats what the article I posted says I believe...
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
i couldnt upgrade so that guide didnt help tks anyways, my os finally died i couldnt get to my desktop no matter what i tryed, so i decided w.e and went to reinstall my os, i went to reinstall my os with the thought of losing everything in mind but a mssg popped up it said that itll move all my files to windows.old......... i couldnt believe no1 could answer this from the amount of times i asked, all i had to do was not formant.

Thats what the article I posted says I believe...

+1 to CrucialHoax for answering your post.

-1 to knight00 for not reading CrucialHoax answer.
 

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