Back Up All Data, SP1 Isn't Going To Be A Magic Bullet
Mar 31, 2008
Rather than upgrade my existing Vista installation to SP1, I decided to reformat the disk and build a brand new installation. I downloaded the stand-alone SP1 file, and applied it immediately I'd finished the Vista installation, BEFORE plugging in any peripherals (not even the network cable).
I then connected the network cable and the various USB peripherals (printer, scanner, etc) one at a time, letting it find and install the relevant drivers. The end result is marvellous. The whole system is stable, clean, fast and responsive, and of course I've got rid of all the little "niggles" that I'd been living with since messing around with my old Vista installation over the past year).
The consensus on this newsgroup seems to be that - if your existing Vista installation is flakey - then SP1 isn't going to be a magic bullet. It won't fix a broken installation - it only fixes shortcomings in Vista itself. If you possibly can, I strongly recommend that you back up all your data, vapourise the existing installation and start over. I think you'll be very pleased with the outcome.
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Jan 4, 2009
I can't gain permission to access a hard drive that has back data on it. Tried to upgrade BIOS success! Killed my OS? Reinstalled my OS success! Now I can't access my 2nd HDD? I am willing to format and start with a clean HDD but I need to get some files off of it first. I have tried several things but none see to work.
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