Re: New MotherBoard

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From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:22:16 -0600

Greetings --

    The parallel installation _shouldn't_ wipe out the My Documents
folder, but you're wise to be concern about the possibility. Can you
slave the hard drive into another computer long enough to retrieve
your data? If so, then you'll be free to format the hard drive and
start clean.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Jasonite" <Jasonite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:0DFF23AA-1268-428C-A989-26EA1445B9F5@microsoft.com...
> Will it affect My Documents, etc?
>
> How can I back this stuff up at this point?
> J
>

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