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Can Windows XP embedded do this?
comma noth...@home.comm alt os linux mandrake On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:03:23 -0700, XS11E wrote: OK, that'll work with two harddrives maybe but won't XP overwrite again when I reinstall it? Also this PC case doesn't really allow two. If I go back to using the drawer I can easily swap HDs but I'd as soon avoid that.

Install XP Pro
If I buy an upgrade for PP2002 from PP97, will this be aceepted? - For the acceptance, do I have to install Office97 completely (I fear this will overwrite Office XP settings and I prefer to avoid this) or is it enough to insert the Office97 CD when requested by the setup procedure? Thanks in advance Bernd.

Reinstalling OS, drivers, apps - best sequence to avoid conflicts?
This failure can lead to all sorts of catastrophes as you overwrite memory. CMyDialog * prog = new CMyDialog; BOOL ret = prog->Create(CMyDialog::IDD); would be the tasteful way to create the box. Avoid silly beginner mistakes like using a symbol like "I" (or is it "l"?) to name an identifier.

Direct boot either Win98 or XP - help
If you run "fdisk /mbr" while in 9x, it will overwrite the boot menu. "Kiko" <fra...@wanadoo.es> wrote in message news:ewvaUkkIBHA.1916@tkmsftngp02. but now I have a little problem: When I boot the system-boot continues with the dual-boot. What can I do to avoid this dual boot create by the set-up of the XP??

Is there a "SFC" for XP Pro?
To avoid that happening, you had to ensure that only one copy of the DLL existed. Then you would get that copy. So you copied your DLL into the C:\Windows directory, overwriting any existing copy. Now *your* app works, and the *other* one (which had put the first DLL in) may break. But that's *his* tech support

Can Publisher2000 and Office XP coexist?
So i gave up on the XP machine... went to my vista box.. installed mobile sync center.. seemed simpler, but still couldn't recognize the ppc. Bluetooth can see it though. My thoughts on wireless hotsyncing things: AVOID IT, ITS DRIVING ME TO SUICIDE, it makes me absolutely lose faith in computers!

ADDING Office XP to WinME
If you're prompted to overwrite an existing file, do so. Good luck Kirby, and get yourself a proper XP CD to avoid these types of problems in the futur. It's worth it. :-) -- Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH

Install order of XP, X64 and Office 2003 Server (trial)
< http://x31.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=506545867 > -- Dev Don Hyams <donhy...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:7ov9s8$lag$1@nnrp1.deja.com... I'm writing a function to copy JPG files from one folder to a second folder (using FileCopy -- sample code is below). I want to avoid overwriting newer JPG files with older

Please help me set up Linux/XP dual boot on this HP
These will restore all of the software that was originally on the machine, including the XP operating system, but at the cost of completely overwriting everything that is on the drive now (assuming anything is still there!). I wish to avoid that if at all possible. Any advice? Thanks, Steve Smith .

Avoid having to insert CD 4 in FS9
You could do a file backup, replace the disk, reinstall XP and then overwrite the install with the complete file backup, assuming the backup utility is designed to do this. When I do the same with XP, I don't want to repeat this balls-up again so how is the best way to avoid this happening again?

Video Mode 13h in windows XP ... impossible?
XP will continue, check your files and repair any that it finds. It will look just like the original installation, but it won't overwrite your data. -- Terri Stratton Microsoft MVP I hope this is not the case because that is probably a couple of days of work. Anybody have ideas on how to avoid the reinstall?

Detection problems for gamepad/joystick
It can be done, but you'll have to repair the XP installation afterwards because Windows 98 will most likely overwrite the boot sector with its own. Booting from the XP install A separate partition is recommended in any case to avoid conflicts in \Program Files and elsewhere. ---- Jim Patterson Ottawa, Ont CANADA.

Can Windows XP embedded do this?
Again, I'm doing what I can to avoid losing these files, so a little extra work to do that is fine by me. Travis, why don't you just install Windows XP again? You have the choice to overwrite the defective Windows installation or to install into a separate folder. I would actually overwrite, because there is

Creating Dual Boot
So I would have to install it first , then XP, then 2003 ? "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andre...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OC5bzGzXGHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... XP x86 would have to be running Service Pack 2, Server 2003 - SP1 to avoid overwriting the MBR older versions of Windows xp.

Standard PC with APM to ACPI single CPU
If the workstation?s files are newer, GPEdit copies these files to the GPT Adm folder, overwriting any existing files of the same name. Note that when you use this policy setting, it is implied that the "Turn off automatic updates of ADM files" policy setting is enabled to avoid unnecessary updates of the ADM

Avoid this: all audio has crashed !
I presently have Win98 running and would like to install WinXP into a dual-boot sceanrio...does anyone know how to install XP as part of this sceanrio? took over the HD and wouldnt allow me to access the first...it seemed to overwrite the previous files. Anyone know how to avoid this again...thanks in advance.

Restore Points On XP Question (and, is it possible to have two ...
You have to install Windows XP only after installing MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me to prevent these operating systems from overwriting the Windows XP boot sector and the Windows XP startup files. Of course you can install in 'hidden' primary partitions and avoid the problems.

Restoring Deleted Files
XP will continue, check your files and repair any that it finds. It will look just like the original installation, but it won't overwrite your data. re-activate Windows XP, copy/import data from old Windows XP partition and re-install software. I hoping to avoid this hassle, if possible. Thanks! Todd.

Bug in win xp: Auto-detaching modeless dialog.
XP Home will overwrite it. I haven't tested that with other copy operations, just noticed it when trying to create shortcuts to some things that were in different In XP Home, all files in the group take the name of the one you renamed, with indextes in parentheses. This is rather like the way Win9x would avoid

Problems after installing 2 OSs
What is the best sequence to avoid conflicts and older applications overwriting newer system files? I&#8217;m considering this: 1) Windows XP - you have to start *somewhere* :). 2) Drivers for all hardware components 3) Applications, from oldest to newest 4) Service Pack 1, Patches from windowsupdate.microsoft.com