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Thread ID: 59119 2005-06-22 02:54:00 Stupid word prog, and no i didnt lose it.. beetle (243) Press F1
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366054 2005-06-25 13:24:00 I know that with WinXP and with two physical hard drives I can make the "My Documents" folder to be on any drive ( logical ) I want.

I use a separate data drive, and never use My Documents. I start my own Documents folder and use that as the default. I don't want any part of my data file structure controlled by the OS.

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Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
366055 2005-06-28 09:03:00 This word idea about detect and repair, you dont lose work this way?

just slap the disk in and away you go?


got to go find CD now....where oh where did i put it.....
LOL

beetle
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366056 2005-06-28 09:35:00 This word idea about detect and repair, you dont lose work this way?In theory, no. But we are talking about computers here (and Beetles, now I come to think of it :p) so don't take any chances. Backup what you can't afford to lose before you do it and there will hopefully be no tears before bedtime that way. ;) FoxyMX (5)
366057 2005-06-28 10:38:00 No it doesn't touch your data beetle, AFAIK it just compares files & settings and replaces anything that doesn't check out. It is similar to loading Windows "over the top" which also leaves all your original settings alone and doesn't touch data. Maybe it's a CRC-type check, or some other "intelligent" file comparison (an oxymoron for a faulty computer program).

Any way, you can't go wrong if you do a back up, whether needed or not, but you do make backups regularly don't you beetle? Just dumping your documents folder to a CD is a cheap and easy way of ensuring that you don't lose anything important.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
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