Re: windows Xp upgrade

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From: Thorsten Matzner (tmatzner_at_gmx.net)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:04:33 +0100

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>If i upgrade to windows xp will i lose all my software and
>personal files.. im upgrading from windows ME>>

Usually no. However, if the upgrade fails for some reason you may no
longer be able to run any Windows installation on this computer unless
you clean-install Windows ME or Windows XP afterwards. Therefore you
may want to backup as much data as possible before you start. 

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