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To: E who wrote (18975)	4/20/2001 1:34:12 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Didn't someone say that I could try a reinstall of Windows ME w/o the formatting part? Just on top of the old installation? And that that would conserve everything? Might not work, but would conserve and was worth a try? I can't find that, though i have the feeling it was suggested.... E I did. Message 15687533

To: E who wrote (18975)	4/20/2001 4:17:16 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110631

Suppose I want to back up a bunch of different items, miscellaneous stuff, from my desktop onto one floppy. What keeps each successive thing you download to the floppy from going on top of the last one instead of after it? I'm sure PMS can answer that much better than me but it's my understanding that each file you put on the floppy will be put in the freee space available. It won't overwrite anything unless you are sending an identically named file and then your machine will ask you if you mean to overwrite the file or cancel. If you try to put a file that is too large for the available room you will be told there's not enough space to allow this. As Dennis Miller would say, "then again, I could be wrong." tc :-)