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  2. From: azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Must I have to reformat to install the new OS/2 2.1 beta
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan25.192433.27884@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 19:24:33 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan20.231908.23815@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan21.175345.28327@midway.uchicago.edu> <81692@hydra.gatech.EDU>
  8. Sender: news@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
  9. Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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  12. In article <81692@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0040a@prism.gatech.EDU (Tom Sorensen) writes:
  13. >Question- I'll gladly format and reinstall, but how can I keep my GA+SP desktop?
  14. >I've got WPSBackup but is it safe to restore the 2.0 desktop (w/ INI files)
  15. >over the 2.1 one? I really don't want to deal with going through all the
  16. >customization again.
  17.  
  18. If you want to keep your existing setup, then don't re-format.  IBM is
  19. testing installation over 2.0.  I have done it on several machines with good
  20. results.
  21.