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XP overlay-reinstall

With 98 I could run setup and reinstall 98 over itself without losing programs or icons.

If I just wanted to refresh my XP files without losing everything can I do it.?

Sorry to ask such a noob question but I have been spending alot of time in Linux these days.

If you dont use it you lose it..

Thong_Ispector
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From experience if you install XP from the desktop, and not from boot, (and obviously this wont allow you to format any drives), it will leave a lot of files untouched. Unfortunately it was a while ago and i can't remember which files, or whether their locations were changed or not.

Perhaps some one could confirm.

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