>I got tired of fixing my computers because my girlfriend kept installing crap
>every time she used it.
>
>...she lost everything...she had installed because I did not bother 
>salvaging anything before the
>restore.  When she asked why I answered, "maybe you should contact the tech
>support people of all this crap you install here...

I'm thinking that may be, "former girlfriend"

I do a lot of things with my computer; some would make you roll your eyes; 
others might make you say "How'd you do that?".  But one thing I do is put 
the useful data on another drive (partition).  So I could wipe the system 
and retain my data without having to think about it.  Preserving installed 
programs is more difficult--these days--because of that damned registry.

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