So I basically fucked up my PC..
How I did this is:
I first had a few partitions for different things.. and wanted to merge all into one. And I did. I also moved many programs and games to the new single partition. They still work, but somehow the icons are messed up, and the default ones will never show up. I can change to something different, but never default. I tried uninstalling them and then reinstalling, but it stays. Also, if I install new programs, they also won't display the default icons. ALSO, some of the programs on my SSD, which I DID NOT touch, are also not displaying icons properly..
Something in the registry is surely messed up.
Stuff:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
a 2TB Western Digital HDD
a 256 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Anyway, what I wanna do is, reinstall my Windows. And keep all the crap I got now, my programs, games, media, etc.
Where do I start? I will backup what I can, but how do I back up the programs? I have many, and it would be a real pain in the a** to install all over.
A problem might be that.. the biggest storage I have is an external HDD, of only 500 GB.
then, I have no idea how to reinstall windows, although it is probably easy to learn on YT or something.
P.S. Yes, I am willing to do all this c**p only for icons. It is really annoying.
Need anything else, ask.
Thanx.
How I did this is:
I first had a few partitions for different things.. and wanted to merge all into one. And I did. I also moved many programs and games to the new single partition. They still work, but somehow the icons are messed up, and the default ones will never show up. I can change to something different, but never default. I tried uninstalling them and then reinstalling, but it stays. Also, if I install new programs, they also won't display the default icons. ALSO, some of the programs on my SSD, which I DID NOT touch, are also not displaying icons properly..
Something in the registry is surely messed up.
Stuff:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
a 2TB Western Digital HDD
a 256 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Anyway, what I wanna do is, reinstall my Windows. And keep all the crap I got now, my programs, games, media, etc.
Where do I start? I will backup what I can, but how do I back up the programs? I have many, and it would be a real pain in the a** to install all over.
A problem might be that.. the biggest storage I have is an external HDD, of only 500 GB.
then, I have no idea how to reinstall windows, although it is probably easy to learn on YT or something.
P.S. Yes, I am willing to do all this c**p only for icons. It is really annoying.
Need anything else, ask.
Thanx.
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