Dear All Experts: If the full "C" drive is formatted I will lose all my data , settings and other programs. Is it not possible to take a full retail pack WINxp-home and get a good installation? When I install the new WINxp, should I wipe out my present WIN98 S.E.? Jamshed. --- David Good - ANSYS Europe <david.good@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Don't forget that unlike Office applications, it's > always recommended to do > a COMPLETE reinstall of an OS (i.e. format that > drive), although it's > scarier, upgrades NEVER work ;) > > As I'm pushing the boundaries of this and an Office > group, I'm going to stop > there and wish everyone a good weekend! > > Dave. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************