I need a little help : IV

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:39 am

Hello, Recently i got a virus in my PC (which screwed everything up) and all i could save where a few thing including my Oblivion directory. i have around 200-250 mod installed. I don't want to have to reinstall all the OMOD's again (there were about 30 of them which include a complete FCOM setup) i hated going through and installing all my mod and having to pick all the setting and whatnot. what i want to know is will i have to reinstall all the OMOD's again if i install oblivion and just replace that folder with the one i recovered off my PC (before reinstall)? i also saved the "My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\" folder for the INI and stuff.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:30 pm

A piece of advice, though not necessarily related to reinstalling Oblivion. Before you go too far, set up a separate partition where you can install your OS, something like 50-60 gig, and use the rest of your hard drive for your programs etc. That way if anything ever happens to your system the only thing you lose out on is the contents of that one small partition, all the rest of your data will remain intact. Your data partition will remain unaffected by viruses since those usually target only your C:/ drive, which is the one that will have your OS, and ignore your other partition. Then, in the event of something like this, all you would to do is reinstall the game to the same location so the registry knows where to find it, and everything would already be in place.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:31 pm

A piece of advice, though not necessarily related to reinstalling Oblivion. Before you go too far, set up a separate partition where you can install your OS, something like 50-60 gig, and use the rest of your hard drive for your programs etc. That way if anything ever happens to your system the only thing you lose out on is the contents of that one small partition, all the rest of your data will remain intact. Your data partition will remain unaffected by viruses since those usually target only your C:/ drive, which is the one that will have your OS, and ignore your other partition. Then, in the event of something like this, all you would to do is reinstall the game to the same location so the registry knows where to find it, and everything would already be in place.

yes i did that right after reinstall. I was advised to do that after the reinstall and have it taked care of. still need other question answered though :ahhh:

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:09 am

Hello, Recently i got a virus in my PC (which screwed everything up) and all i could save where a few thing including my Oblivion directory. i have around 200-250 mod installed. I don't want to have to reinstall all the OMOD's again (there were about 30 of them which include a complete FCOM setup) i hated going through and installing all my mod and having to pick all the setting and whatnot. what i want to know is will i have to reinstall all the OMOD's again if i install oblivion and just replace that folder with the one i recovered off my PC (before reinstall)? i also saved the "My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\" folder for the INI and stuff.

I've never done it, but I think you'd also need the files in Local Settings\Application Data\Oblivion. It's where Plugins.txt is, for example. Otherwise it should be fine I'd guess.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:55 pm

I've never done it, but I think you'd also need the files in Local Settings\Application Data\Oblivion. It's where Plugins.txt is, for example. Otherwise it should be fine I'd guess.

oh crap. didn't think about that folder. Is that an important file?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:55 am

Yes, this holds your load order and other info from OBMM and Wrye.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:41 am

EDIT: ok i decided to try it and even though i didnt save that specific folder my load order is the same. I have the whole directory for oblivion on a ext. HD and i double clicked on OBMM and it opened and everything was normal. well thanks for everything guys/gals. snow cones for all!!! :icecream: :icecream: :icecream: :icecream: