Guess the subject says most of it. I have a Windows 7 computer that is being used to record all my TV shows and stream them to multiple Xbox 360's in the house. Over time the system has become a bit more sluggish than it used to be as I used it for multiple things so have installed other things on it that I guess has effected it in time. Now that I have dedicated computers for those other things, was thinking of re-installing the entire system from scratch. Does anyone have a guide or know where I can find one that talks about how to reinstall WMC and restore all my scheduled shows without any data loss? I have done this before, but winged it so prefer a known good approach. Note I have a complete backup of the entire system so wiping and restoring random files won't be an issue. Only thing I don't backup is the recorded shows folder. Thoughts?
Thanks.
JR
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WMC is automatically included in a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional editions. As for backing up and restoring WMC settings, there are numerous threads on this forum about how to do so. Use the search box.
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As said , all this information is available with a search.jriker1 wrote:Guess the subject says most of it. I have a Windows 7 computer that is being used to record all my TV shows and stream them to multiple Xbox 360's in the house. Over time the system has become a bit more sluggish than it used to be as I used it for multiple things so have installed other things on it that I guess has effected it in time. Now that I have dedicated computers for those other things, was thinking of re-installing the entire system from scratch. Does anyone have a guide or know where I can find one that talks about how to reinstall WMC and restore all my scheduled shows without any data loss? I have done this before, but winged it so prefer a known good approach. Note I have a complete backup of the entire system so wiping and restoring random files won't be an issue. Only thing I don't backup is the recorded shows folder. Thoughts?
Thanks.
JR
Backup Scheduled series
SeansWMC backup (google it)
If you want to backup your channel line up
Guidetool ($5)
These should help..I used them in my last rebuild got everthing back to normal in about 5 min...
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Windows Media Center certified and WMC MVP 2010 - 2012