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Moving from Win 98 to Win XP home?
Had Win98 installed, then added XP, no problem. However, having WinXP installed FIRST can be problematic, Win98 will try overwrite the XP boot loader. That's why it's generally BETTER to have something like the Win98 paritition BEFORE the WinXP partition on the HD, then you just avoid these headaches.

Reinstalling OS, drivers, apps - best sequence to avoid conflicts?
Never overwrite a PST file. You can open another PST file in Outlook, but never ever overwrite an existing file. 2. Outlook 2003's files are not compatible with earlier versions. Contact administrator." What can I do to correct, and how do I avoid in future, to allow back-ups as intended with external hard drive?

Windows ME in Separate Partition
If you are erasing files from a partition compressed with external compression software (such as DriveSpace), use only pseudorandom data for overwriting. In general, one should avoid storing sensitive data on a partition compressed with external software. Turn off cluster tip erasing for partitions that are

Where is the address book stored?
Namely, with Word XP? The usual scenario for running multiple versions of Office or standalone Office apps on one PC is to install the oldest version first, then do a custom install of the newer version to a different location to avoid overwriting any files required by the older version. If you're getting Office XP

Service Pack for XP
If memory serves me right, I did this for a friend while updating from Windows ME to Windows XP after reformatting the hard disk for a clean And THIS is what I am trying to avoid this time as there is a lot of important communication on both computers. Don't worry, I have had a hard drive die down on me and I

Can Windows XP embedded do this?
I wish to replace 98 with XP Home but I know that 2000 had to be installed after 98 to avoid overwriting the 2000 boot sector and the 2000 startup files. Would using XP Upgrade software simply replace 98 and maintain the dual-boot capability? Is it simpler to format C and install a full version of XP?

- Does Frontpage 2000 Work With Win XP?
Did you have a restore point set in XP in case something goes wrong? Or does the SP completely overwrite everything? I've got a laptop with XP and was contemplating the SP, I'm warning everyone I know to avoid this service pack! It is next to impossible to reach Microsoft regarding this problem.

Want to install Win XP on the Win98 partition of my dual boot ...
Brian Kvalheim [MVP] mspublis...@msn.com microsoft public publisher If in fact an older file is attempting to overwrite a newer file, you will be prompted whether or not you would want IF it does happen to work, consider yourself VERY lucky and avoid removing it in the future if you still need it down the road!

installing win xp after mandrake advice
Harry Ohrn harry...@webtree.ca microsoft public windowsxp newusers This freebie works exceptionally well with XP http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/ To avoid overwriting the deleted file(s) you should download the above on a different computer. Run the executable and save to a floppy.

How big should the "bare bones" XP Pro be?
XP will overwrite the MBR and conveniently leave out any non Windows OS's. Partition Magic 7 can take care of the resizing the XP partition just fine. XP will give you the option of fdisking/formatting during the install but you seem to want to avoid that. Bill Gould MCSE 2000 -=All opinions are UNofficial=-

IE 6 on XP crashing only sometimes
So it would overwrite my existing newer version. I didn't want that to happen, so I cancelled. However, there were several different releases of Office 97, Hoping to avoid the need to purchase a brand new copy of Access for over $200, he tried to install on his new XP PC an old version of MS Office that has

How to put XP on Existing Mandrake PC?
In order to avoid overwriting each other's work, we have a time schedule when we can each enter data on our own separate computers on the same database. Both computers are running on XP Pro and we both have .net passport IDs. I have a MSN dialup account, that I use in another city, but she has no account with

NTLDR missing error -can't boot
If you do it the other way around, WFP will immediately overwrite the file with its own copy. Peter Wilkins posted an excellent suggestion if you have the i386 folder on your hard drive (by choice or because the OEM put it there). Having the SourcePath in the registry pointing to that location would avoid the

Running a setup (created with Package and Deployment on an XP ...
(Upgrading from my full version of 98 to upgrade of ME to upgrade of XP.) It might be cheaper to use the installed Windows 98 to qualify for the upgrade to Windows XP and buy a full version of Windows ME to put on the first partition. You would have to install Windows XP last to avoid overwriting the boot record.

Best Way To Install XP Clean ??
To avoid destroying changes to word and Goldmine, can I reinstall or overwrite windows to its original state? "Taurarian" wrote: See if the updates are Kaylene "tomshare" wrote: I need to remove/uninstall 9 updates on Win XP Professional from a week ago. I need to see if they are causing new runtime errors.

NTDRL error message on reboot after power system upgrade
Jerry Polyak goalj...@pacbell.net alt comp periphs mainboard abit TomG wrote: Jerry, When you go to install 98, it will overwrite the boot sector that has the of the solutions I got (one of them replied to my e-mail address for some reason), involve destroying the current XP install, which I am trying to avoid.

Drive Image 7 XP back up
To overwrite existing # files, type "sh file -c". You can also feed this as standard input via # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", eg. ...... X X To avoid confusion, avoid using the same names for lexical entries and Xparsing symbols. X X(3) Input Format X Input is assumed to consist of a list of items separated by

ACC97: Retrieving file date and time
I forgot to overwrite the "alias" I usually use to avoid spam. Those messages were still from me. "Ken Wickes [MSFT]" <ken...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in news:OnK#KLt2DHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl: I think the provider order is different on XP, you might try moving Microsoft Windows Network to the top of the list

Drive Image 2002 simply fails to do its thing at all!!!
Brian Tozzo brianto...@aol.com microsoft public word word97vba I noticed that there are a few problems with Word 97 when running under Windows XP. I have to rename the file in the file open dialog box before attempting to save another file, to avoid overwriting the previous file because it was saved under the

multiboot XP, 98SE, and RedHat
After a long time, I will format and reinstall my system - Windows XP, drivers, some games and a lot of applications. Some of this stuff is almost prehistorical, such as FileMaker 3.0 (1999) and FrameMaker 5.5 (1998). What is the best sequence to avoid conflicts and older applications overwriting newer system files