Re: How can I Backup the Documents and Settings directory

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From: nevje (nevje_at_YAHOO.co.uk)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:03:11 +0100

In article <ueA1lDYTEHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, tiki2k@home.not
says...
> I'm currently running W2K Pro & want to do a fresh install of WinXP Pro. But
> before I do that I thought it would be wise to save the "Document and
> Settings" directory. When I tried to copy that directory, I get this error:
> "There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be
> in use."
> Is there a way around this?
>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
>
>
>

in win2k - goto system properties, user profiles - copy to another
location

i havent had much use of xp but i seem to recall this is something you
can still use?

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