[Tfug] Re: FYI on a win me install that decided not to boot anymore

[Seth Wegner]

I have a dual-boot WinME & debian box, and winME melts down after so 
many boots & I noted that someone posting here also has a troublesome 
WinME, so here is my solution for a clean WinME anytime I want it:
I tarred /home & burned it to a CD.
I used the rescue disk to put my computer back to factory original WinME.
I installed Debian as dual boot, with my windows partition as a 
mountable /win.
 From Debian, I tarred /windows as root so it gets everything & burned 
it to a CD.

Now, whenever my WinME melts down, I just, as root:
Mount /win
cd /win
rm -rf *
cd /
(put in the windows cdrom)
mount /cdrom
tar -xvf /cdrom/windows.tar

And my windows is as fresh and pristine as windows can ever be.