Fose problem

[Honeybiscuit]

Ok here is the deal .Some how with vista there is a cloud program within it (or it seems) cause when I went to reformat my hard drive ( typically this erases all data) not in vista it puts it in a new folder called windows.old. Where all old programs are stored. In my control panel under programs and features none of the older programs lik ( fallout3 fose was install long ago). When I installed fallout 3 again and redone everything I am not able to put the FOSE or FOMM in. I keep getting errors. Now I can go into the "windows.old file and open up the fallout3 and begain where I left of as if I never even takin it out. Which I`m glad in one way cause I still have part of the mod "The Prison" that I thought I lost. but how can I get the fomm and fose to work in the programs area instead of the windows.old section. Anyone else ran into this problem before to?>

[rickerhk]

It sounds like you re-installed windows over the top of the old one without actually formatting the drive, so it moved the old one over to .old. When doing a clean install of windows, I usually delete the partitions, boot the Vista CD and let it make new partitions/format the drive/etc.

[Honeybiscuit]

It sounds like you re-installed windows over the top of the old one without actually formatting the drive, so it moved the old one over to .old. When doing a clean install of windows, I usually delete the partitions, boot the Vista CD and let it make new partitions/format the drive/etc.

Yea I know I put the installation cd in and restarted it and followed directions and it did just that then I noticed the lil windows .old file. I tried everything but now I need to get back ups from the old which was a life saver in some ways but a beast in others