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To: SE who wrote (41610)	6/7/2004 2:46:41 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

That's the rub when reinstalling the operating system. You have to reinstall your programs, and set them up again the way you like them. The Windows registry is wiped clean during a reinstall. The data that was generated by the programs such as spreadsheet and document files are left intact on the hard drive, however. But if the blue screen was caused by a failed hard drive, then ... A nightmare phone call? Probably. He should check the integrity of the hard drive before going any further. His disk drive manufacturer would have a program to check it. If OK then hopefully your brother in law has all his program cds and doesn't use too many programs. BTW. I make backup image files with Drive Image precisely to avoid reinstalling programs. (I back up data separately from OS and programs.) I have a complex environment that would take days to get back the way I like it. Esteban