Here are the basic 50 or so applications I can't live without. Re-installs take a while as you may guess.
Here are some things you may want to backup before you kill off an old OS and replace the drives (put current one in a enclosure, and install a blank one in the machine):
- desktop icon position
- cliptracker / hs snippets / ditto database
- favourites - IE / Firefox
- safe senders
- blocked senders / domains
- outlook rules
- docs folder
- memory sticks / cards
- bc profiles
- codelib / .net codelib
- chat prefs
- skype
- pidgin
- Trillian Prefs
(files in root of C:\Program Files\Trillian\user
but not subfolders)
- photos
- treo photos
- PDAs
- palm
- splash id data
- HP jornada
- treo
- apache
- iphone
- password holders
- splash id (see above)
- password safe
- export backup
- WSFTP_LE profiles
- ini files
- activitylog.ini
- FC.ini
- CW.ini
- digital photos
- the brain
- screenshot your sql server setup - or use registered servers export if you use sql2k8
---windows related
network
audio
video
xp sp3
.net 3.5 sp1
iis (before sql server)
turn off simple folder share
copy data
copy virtuals
set allow remote desktop
set user login security
restore mail
restore contacts
----settings
docs
desktop icons
ditto
bc settings
install compare to codelib back into vs
---ninja apps
cw32 ver 7.5 (codewright)
bc (beyond compare)
fc (freecommander)
vs2k8
tabs
resharper? - nah!
ditto
taskswitch xp
winrar
firefox
firebug
selenium
web dev toolbar
editpadpro
chrome
acdc
colorpic
ActivityLog
timesnapper
mrename
snagit
IconRestorer
IcoFX
MapThis
open proj
sunbird calendar
Skype
thunderbird email
openoffice
foldersizer
vnc
visio
charles
ahk
Password Safe
avast AntiVirus
ViceVersa Pro 2
primopdf
adobe pdf reader
cs4
synergy
process explorer
TortoiseSVN
winamp
pidgen
vmware
fiddler
sql sqerver 2k5 developer
vs2k8 sp1
msdn for vs2k8
sql sqerver 2k8 express
borlandc++builder6
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