Re: Upgrading from W2K Pro to XP Pro

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Backup data AND do the upgrade. It usually goes smoothly and there's
absolutely nothing to loose if you have the backup. A lot of people will
give a knee jerk answer to start fresh, but if you run the XP upgrade on a
clean well maintained system, it's rarely a problem.
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"R." <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YZJHe.159822$4M7.8485006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Simple question: upgrade -or- backup data, format (NTSF) HD and fresh
> install? Tks!
>
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