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ahofle:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 13, 2007, 11:07:13 am ---
It will do a full OS backup and then you can pick and choose what other content gets backed up.

But really, if this is a constant issue, I'd do what sharidan suggested and get some cheap USB hard drives.  Install the game there, that way when the system gets hosed you can just pop the drive back on later.

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That would only work if it saves everything to the install folder (ie no registry settings, common DLLs installed in windows/system, etc).

ChadTower:

There could be accommodations made for that, as mentioned above.  Exporting a few registry entries and writing a 5 line batch script to reimport them isn't very difficult, same thing with DLLs dropped into the system dirs.  The harder trick would be indentifying all of those things.

spystyle:
The 11 Sims 2 games install into:

c:\documents and settings\name\EA games
c:\program files\EA Games

and many registry settings


--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 13, 2007, 11:07:13 am ---...It will do a full OS backup and then you can pick and choose what other content gets backed up...
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Could I choose just The Sims 2?

Thanks,
Craig

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: spystyle on September 13, 2007, 11:35:13 am ---Chadtower:
"you can pick and choose what other content gets backed up."

Could I choose just The Sims 2?

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No.  There is no way you can choose it by app, I would imagine.  You'd have to do it by directories/files.

spystyle:
They didn't know at "Mod The Sims 2" either

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1767749

I guess I'm the only one that finds installing all 11 games unnecessary to do more than once in a lifetime?

I guess I will have to figure out how to export the registry settings... How can I do that? EDIT : Hey, maybe I could just do the opposite of this:
http://thesims2.eagames.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=286228


--- Quote from: EA Games on September 13, 2007, 11:41:52 am ---
Editing The Registry keys

   1. Click on the + next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   2. Click on the + next to SOFTWARE
   3. Click on the + next to EA GAMES
   4. Right-click on The Sims 2 folder and choose Delete.
   5. A Confirm Key Delete window will appear, choose Yes.
   6. Click on the + next to Electronic Arts
   7. Click on the + next to EA GAMES
   8. Right-click on The Sims 2 and choose Delete.
   9. A Confirm Key Delete window will appear, choose Yes.
  10. Click on the + next to Microsoft.
  11. Click on the + next to Windows.
  12. Click on the + next to Current Version.
  13. Click on the + next to Uninstall.
  14. Select the right key to delete dpending on what version you have.

          * If you have the CD edition, right-click on the the Key named {8AB8D458-939E-403F-0097-9BA1C1F013D5} and choose Delete.
          * if you have the DVD edition, right-click on the Key named {40C03514-89C3-41BA-0090-3B440256DB87} and choose Delete.
          * If you have the UK/European CD edition right-click on the Key named {6E7DD182-9FC6-4651-0095-2E666CC6AF35} and choose Delete.

  15. A Confirm Key Delete window will appear, choose Yes.

The Sims 2 has now been completely removed from your system.

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Thanks,
Craig

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