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reinstalling applications
Name: steve1_rm Date: February 4, 2003 at 01:02:32 Pacific OS: ME CPU/Ram: 1Gb/128Mb
Comment:
Hello
I need to reinstall my operating system. But l have some applications e.g. MS Office, Visual Studio. which l have installed but no longer have the installation disks.
If l do a clean install, how can l keep these applications.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: February 4, 2003 at 09:29:56 Pacific
Reply:
You can't..... Many of the files associated with these programs are actually in the Windows folder. If you reformat and reinstall, those files will be gone, and in turn, the programs won't function even if you've backed up the Program Files Folders.
I'd recommend you buy yourself new licenses, or if you installed legit versions, you may be able to get them replaced by MS. All depends...
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Response Number 2
Name: Evan Date: February 9, 2003 at 16:13:08 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, first save your applications to a disk... And/Or If you have a CD-Burner, burn each different application on a CD. If this does not well, just e-mail just tell me!
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