Hi Vishnu,

I keep back-ups of all my installation files for exactly that reason. My motto is, "Never trust a computer".

When you upgrade, if you choose the "download" option, you receive a number of files which can very easily be burnt to DVD. My experience is that downloads are ONLY the files needed for the upgrade. In this scenario, you'd need to reinstall the original disks and then run the upgrade files.

Alternative, you could simply save a back-up copy of your entire BB directory. (I bought a USB hard drive expressly for that purpose.) Then, if you need to reinstall, you simply copy over the entire BB directory and then run the latest version of the BIAB/RB installation file (usually around 250 MB).

Every once in a while, I buy the USB hard drive version of BIAB because that gives me the entire, up-to-date program and makes it easier to keep track of everything because the USB purchase installs directly from that drive.

Hope these thoughts give you ideas.
Noel


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