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Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scrapps who wrote (9803)	11/27/1997 12:50:00 AM
From: drmorgan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

So it's the OS files we're getting rid of, and my data files should be safe to back up to reload later...Right?? Yep, how are you going to back up your files? Tape drive? I have a seperate hard drive (500 meg) I use for the purpose. You may want to grab tour bookmark file? I've lost mine in the past and wasn't too happy about it. Good luck Derek

To: Scrapps who wrote (9803)	11/27/1997 1:30:00 AM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

my data files should be safe to back up to reload later...Right?? This is the theory. However, be careful as there are some programs, especially database programs that have data files sometimes stored in parts located in different folders. If you don't have them all, you might as well not have any of it. Just be careful that you are saving all folders for each application. A full copy of everything would be safest, just in case there is a piece missing somewhere, you can go back and find it. Scrapps, one additional thought as I haven't followed your specific problem, but be sure you have eliminated the possibility of a virus as a source of difficulty, if you haven't already. I was infected for about two weeks once and thought I had a bad disk drive that was failing. I ended up reinstalling Windows about three or four times before I discovered the virus. Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving.