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to: Rich
from: Chris Robinson
date: 2003-05-13 09:38:50
subject: Re: dumb upgrade question

From: Chris Robinson 


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That's why I said it's better to do a wipe as you suggested.

Chris.

Rich wrote:

>    If you simply upgrade you will not be ridding yourself of any
> accumulated cruft. Rich
>
>      "Ellen K."  wrote in message
>      news:8utubvsr0adssbvru8cdbcfl6eg2da8cvg{at}4ax.com...I have to
>      reinstall all the apps?   Yikes, this is gonna be like a
>      full-day job.   :(     Also, some of them I don't have disks
>      for because
>      I bought the download version.
>
>      ???
>
>      On Sun, 11 May 2003 21:31:47 -0700, "Rich"  wrote in
>      message
>      :
>
>      >   After your backup, do a clean install of Windows and
>      then install the apps that you use.
>      >
>      >Rich
>      >
>      >  "Ellen K." 
wrote in message
>      news:4f8ubvgmh6g49naim26g4q2mj78dclke4r{at}4ax.com...
>      >  Well, believe it or not I'm finally ready to move this
>      box (PII-266, 64
>      >  MB RAM) from Win95 to 98SE, mainly because it's getting
>      crochety about
>      >  shutting down.   Also I think Rnaapp might be corrupted
>      because it
>      >  frequently freezes the machine.   I have an unused 98SE
>      license.
>      >
>      >  So anyway, besides doing a complete backup first, what do
>      I have to do?
>

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That's why I said it's better to do a wipe as you suggested.
Chris.
Rich wrote:

  
If you simply upgrade you will not be ridding yourself of any accumulated
cruft. Rich 
"Ellen K." <72322.1016{at}compuserve.commailto:72322.1016{at}compuserve.com">72322.1016{at}compuserve.com >> wrote in message news :8utubvsr0adssbvru8cdbcfl6eg2da8cvg{at}4ax.com...I have to reinstall all the apps? Yikes, this is gonna be like a full-day job. :( Also, some of them I don't have disks for because I bought the download version. ??? On Sun, 11 May 2003 21:31:47 -0700, "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message <3ebf2311$1{at}w3.nls.net>:">mailto:3ebf2311$1{at}w3.nls.net">3ebf2311$1{at}w3.nls.net>: > After your backup, do a clean install of Windows and then install the apps that you use. > >Rich > > "Ellen K." <72322.101">mailto:72322.1016{at}compuserve.com">72322.101 6{at}compuserve.com> wrote in message news :4f8ubvgmh6g49naim26g4q2mj78dclke4r{at}4ax.com... > Well, believe it or not I'm finally ready to move this box (PII-266, 64 > MB RAM) from Win95 to 98SE, mainly because it's getting crochety about > shutting down. Also I think Rnaapp might be corrupted because it > frequently freezes the machine. I have an unused 98SE license. > > So anyway, besides doing a complete backup first, what do I have to do? --------------3F46B1DD9252CC92D26891C0-- --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4
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