Upgrade Q - File & Settings transfer

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R Mikawa

Stupid question, but I'm planning to upgrade from ME to
XP, and I read somewhere that XP won't overwrite any of my
old files. So I read about the F&S Transfer option, where
it always says from 'old computer to new', which was
useful enough - except I'm not changing computers! Will
everything really be fine, or should I clean off the hard
drive and have a nice reformat before I upgrade? (I
intend to back up my email and various other important
things, of course, but I just want to be sure.)
 
Hi,

Backup important stuff,. then do an upgrade. This should keep your
files/programs intact. You can always do a format/clean install later if
this doesn't pan out. You can use FASTWIZ if you like, but the effect will
be the same as if you did an upgrade.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
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