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Title: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 03, 2017, 04:32:38 PM
I had to reinstall windows which all went smoothly, I had to do a full clean install because it was so messed up the windows reset would not work  :o but works normal again now,  almost

TS will not let me assign my wheel buttons to it anymore, I have done wheel drivers and all my pc driver of course :)  any ideas ?

also is the windows 10 built in image thingy any good ?
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Wally on November 03, 2017, 04:59:26 PM
Do you have a new GUID, or does that stay the same because you've got the same Steam account? You better send me your GUID again just so I can check.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 03, 2017, 05:12:41 PM
will do when I get AC all done
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: rooshooter on November 03, 2017, 05:24:12 PM
I feel for you Phil, you have had more than enough computer shit to deal with over the last few days :(.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 03, 2017, 05:40:12 PM
good times :)
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Joe on November 03, 2017, 06:04:03 PM
Will feel nice when all done. Nice clean install running smoothly.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 03, 2017, 06:10:45 PM
Will feel nice when all done. Nice clean install running smoothly.

yes feels nice and snappy again


Can anyone recommend disk imaging software,  I AM not wanting to go through this again in a hurry.
I have made an image with windows 10 built in imaging thing, but not sure if its good enough. I want to make an image once Assetto corsa and a few other games are installed, will games work still after being reinstalled from an image,  noob alert  :)
Any advice om this matter is most welcome  8)
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: rooshooter on November 03, 2017, 06:29:47 PM
Will feel nice when all done. Nice clean install running smoothly.

yes feels nice and snappy again


Can anyone recommend disk imaging software,  I AM not wanting to go through this again in a hurry.
I have made an image with windows 10 built in imaging thing, but not sure if its good enough. I want to make an image once Assetto corsa and a few other games are installed, will games work still after being reinstalled from an image,  noob alert  :)
Any advice om this matter is most welcome  8)
Easus ToDo free version is all you need, recommended by my local PC Repairman Guru who was able to recover a stuffed Data Disk which was badly corrupted and had not been backed up !!
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: buellersdayoff on November 03, 2017, 07:39:33 PM
Will feel nice when all done. Nice clean install running smoothly.

yes feels nice and snappy again


Can anyone recommend disk imaging software,  I AM not wanting to go through this again in a hurry.
I have made an image with windows 10 built in imaging thing, but not sure if its good enough. I want to make an image once Assetto corsa and a few other games are installed, will games work still after being reinstalled from an image,  noob alert  :)
Any advice om this matter is most welcome  8)
Macrium reflect free
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 03, 2017, 07:43:53 PM
oh god, now a choice
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: buellersdayoff on November 03, 2017, 07:47:38 PM
I had to reinstall windows which all went smoothly, I had to do a full clean install because it was so messed up the windows reset would not work  :o but works normal again now,  almost

TS will not let me assign my wheel buttons to it anymore, I have done wheel drivers and all my pc driver of course :)  any ideas ?

also is the windows 10 built in image thingy any good ?
Windows 10 has reset this pc built-in and saves all your old files. I've done Windows disc imaging but never tried recovery from it, I stopped using it and switched to macrium because it allowed me to save directly to a network drive (nas) Windows didn't for some reason.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: buellersdayoff on November 03, 2017, 07:49:22 PM
oh god, now a choice
I've read easus is good too, would probably be a matter of which ui you prefer I'd think
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: buellersdayoff on November 03, 2017, 07:51:52 PM
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Gratulin on November 03, 2017, 10:39:04 PM
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
You might have something else grabbing that button?
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Bacchulum on November 04, 2017, 12:16:41 AM
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
I had to do that for years, until one day it rectified itself.
Now TS just crashes 2 times before running stably.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: buellersdayoff on November 04, 2017, 07:26:02 AM
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
You might have something else grabbing that button?
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
I had to do that for years, until one day it rectified itself.
Now TS just crashes 2 times before running stably.
Maybe just a bug in TS? annoying but I just check before I use it and reassign when required
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Bird on November 04, 2017, 09:03:17 AM
oh god, now a choice
paragon drive copy, too :)


Will feel nice when all done. Nice clean install running smoothly.

yes feels nice and snappy again

You know what this reminds me?  Good ole' win95 times.  That had to be reinstalled yearly to keep running. 
Win7 is still the winner if you ask me.  I just don't think they'll be able to save this mess they call windows10, there is just too many things that seem fundamentally wrong with it - privacy & security wise as well.

Whereby comes the question; why don't you reinstall windows 7, since you have to start from scratch anyway?

ON TS:
I usually have to re-start it after starting it up once, otherwise I get the "chipmunk" effect (I'm sure some of you still remember that.)
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Joe on November 04, 2017, 10:05:29 AM
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
I had to do that for years, until one day it rectified itself.
Now TS just crashes 2 times before running stably.

Maybe you should consider an upgrade to Win10?  ;D
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Bacchulum on November 04, 2017, 10:28:09 AM
Oh and ts, I for some reason still have to regularly reassign my wheel button (still active in ts settings but still needs to be reassigned for some reason), I think it must be fanatec drivers...dunno?
Fanatec driver v292 for cs wheel base v2.5
I had to do that for years, until one day it rectified itself.
Now TS just crashes 2 times before running stably.

Maybe you should consider an upgrade to Win10?  ;D
Yep, it's on the list. ;)
Right after setting fire to myself......
 :P
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 04, 2017, 01:43:16 PM
Does a disk image get your whole PC, like C and D drive and all works after a reinstall of the image if needed ? 
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: rooshooter on November 04, 2017, 01:49:27 PM
Does a disk image get your whole PC, like C and D drive and all works after a reinstall of the image if needed ?
You have select the disks one at a time to image.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 04, 2017, 02:11:37 PM
That's cool,   But can I restore a whole PC like that, So now I have all my stuff how I like it on both drives, If I take an image of both now and when the next windows update screws me over, I can Install both images to their respective drives and all will be normal again ?

Also will a windows usb do as my boot loader or do I need to make a special EaseUS todo one, sorry for all the questions? learning as I go here  8) :o
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: buellersdayoff on November 04, 2017, 02:20:02 PM
Does a disk image get your whole PC, like C and D drive and all works after a reinstall of the image if needed ?
As far as I know, with macrium, you select the disk/s you want to image. Last time I did a reinstall of Windows 10 C drive, without an image, everything on the D drive was untouched and worked fine once I pointed my directories back to D (eg: D:downloads, D:steam library etc)
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: Phil.8 on November 04, 2017, 03:07:21 PM
If I already have things like downloads pointed to D will That stay like that when I install an image, should do I think ?  oh well cant be more annoying than losing a day getting my PC back to how it was 2 days ago :)
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: rooshooter on November 04, 2017, 03:43:32 PM
That's cool,   But can I restore a whole PC like that, So now I have all my stuff how I like it on both drives, If I take an image of both now and when the next windows update screws me over, I can Install both images to their respective drives and all will be normal again ?

Also will a windows usb do as my boot loader or do I need to make a special EaseUS todo one, sorry for all the questions? learning as I go here  8) :o
I would make a special Easeus ToDo boot loader and test it, in theory your C disk (the SSD) the one with Win10 installed will be the only one you would need to restore with a stuff up from a Win10 update. But at the first opportunity also image your other drives, depending on how precious the data on them is.
Also keep in mind this imaging process takes a VERY long time depending on size of disk (run over night). Also disable any sleep timer you may have turned on.
Title: Re: Windows reinstall
Post by: rooshooter on November 04, 2017, 03:44:45 PM
If I already have things like downloads pointed to D will That stay like that when I install an image, should do I think ?  oh well cant be more annoying than losing a day getting my PC back to how it was 2 days ago :)
Should stay the same.
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