Windows 10: A simple way to backup program & app settings in windows 10 (before a reformat)?...

I have so many apps and programs and some of them have complex settings.

Can you just backup the folders in C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming .... reformat.... install the apps & programs then overwrite the mentioned destination with the old backed up ones?

Is this a good idea & safe? Any additional thoughts appreciated about backing stuff up before reformatting.

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Reformatting your computer

Wrote a tutorial on reformatting your hard drive, hope you like it!

Backing up your computer

The usual files we back up are document files (word, excel, power point, porn, game save files, pictures, movies, music ect.) the easiest way of backing up it just to find what your looking for a copying it to a external device such as












There are a lot of program that can do this as well. Nero, Norton 10 ghost backup and recovery, Driver genius (to pull existing drivers off)



Reformatting your computer

Before you even start to put your cd/dvd in make sure you get the drivers from the manufacture of your device(s)
example.

On my system i only need the following sites.

Motherboard drivers (sound, chip sets and system utilities) ASUS USA
Video card http://www.nvidia.com (8800gts)
Sound card drivers
Step 1

Insert you windows disc into you CD/DVD drive. Restart your computer

Step 2

Press DEL to enter into your bios (or which ever button it is to enter your bios, typically it’s delete), Navigate in your bios to the selection were it ask which device you would like to boot from. Typical order is HDD/CD/Floppy select which drive you would like to boot from. In this case your CD/DVD drive containing your disc. Save your bios settings and exit.

Step 3

Press any key to boot from disc, hit a key, Allow the setup to proceed through the blue screens. When prompted hit F8.

Step 4

It will scan for previous installations of windows, if you would like to repair windows it will keep all information on the drive, select the previous installed version of windows and hit enter. To wipe the drive clean and start over hit esc, D, and then L, you will be prompted on the screen.

Step 5

After you have erased your partition which contained your windows installation select the un partitioned space and hit the C key. Format in the NTFS file system

Step 6

Wait

Step 7

After it’s done partitioning the hard drive, you will go through the setup of windows, read the onscreen instruction to reinstall windows.

Step 8

Finish your installation!


Congratulations you just reformatted your computer and didn’t have to over pay best buy or circuit city for something so easily done

If you think something needs changed, please feel free to comment on it and let me know!

Recovery

Getdataback

best program to use. Simple easy.

 

Unable to access HP Simple Pass to Sign-in to the computer on Windows 10

Hi Jerome,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.

I understand your concern about accessing HP simple pass after upgrading to Windows 10. We will help you with this issue.

• Do let us know the make and model of your computer?
• Have you installed HP simple pass software on your computer?

Try the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to download the latest HP Simple Pass software from the manufacturer's website install it and check if it helps.

Step 2: If you have already installed the software, I suggest you to re-install it and check if the issue persists.

Follow the steps to Access Recovery Manager:

• Press Start button from the keyboard, type Recover Manager.
• Select Recovery Manager from the list when it becomes available. Allow the action to continue, if prompted. The
  HP Recovery Manager opens.
• Click Software program re-installation, Next , select
  HP SimplePass for the listing and then follow the on-screen instructions to reinstall application
  

Hope it helps. Try the above and get back to us with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Any way to add programs to default list?


Hi, good - an association is easier to deal with than a protocol, for which I see Thunderbird, Mail and Store listed. That implies Eudora needs to register its capability to be listed.

I noted this:
Ajay and Jim, I stumbled onto the solution.

In desperation I figured that I'd install the simple mail program the MS provides and use it as a go-between, but didn't quite know how to find it in 8.1, so I searched with the term "mail." Up popped an offer to, among other things, change the default email program. OK, worth a try. Eudora was the suggestion that came up!!!!




That suggests what you need to have in the registry. I found Mail\Hotmail curious (must be the Mail app).

I imagine you've searched around on this topic.
I just found:
Google Groups
- which seems to suggest v7.1 works in win 10.

How to run Eudora v7 on Windows 10 | Ian Tresman
- a couple of hints on compatibility and an option (probably want to avoid the complexity of junctions etc)