From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: September 15, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: How can I safely keep my data and do an OS upgrade.
>
> Leo,
> Leo, I would like to upgrade my OS from Windows 98SE to XP
> Home. I currently have lots of very important files and data
> saved on the 30GB hard drive. How can I safely keep my data
> and do the OS upgrade.
You should first and formost set up some kind of a backup,
even if you don't upgrade. What would happen if your hard disk
failed? Without backups, all would be lost.
http://ask-leo.com/what_backup_program_should_i_use.html
Once you have a backup, you can use that to restore
files if any are lost in the upgrade.
Another approach is to burn the files to a CD-ROM, floppy
disks, or whatever other writable media you might have.
The Windows XP upgrade *shouldn't* cause you to lose any files
unless you tell it to format your hard disk, in which case
you'll lose everything.
But you should always have a backup, no matter what you do.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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