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- From: swkgb@nuscc.nus.sg (George David Bishg)
- Subject: Re: Must I have to reformat to install the new OS/2 2.1 beta
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.235652.3819@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:56:52 GMT
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- azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito) writes:
- : In article <81692@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0040a@prism.gatech.EDU (Tom Sorensen) writes:
- : >Question- I'll gladly format and reinstall, but how can I keep my GA+SP desktop?
- : >I've got WPSBackup but is it safe to restore the 2.0 desktop (w/ INI files)
- : >over the 2.1 one? I really don't want to deal with going through all the
- : >customization again.
- :
- : If you want to keep your existing setup, then don't re-format. IBM is
- : testing installation over 2.0. I have done it on several machines with good
- : results.
-
- I tried installing 2.1 beta over 2.0. It kept the desktop and worked --
- to an extent. However, after several crashes I decided to reformat and
- load fresh. I had saved the desktop using WPSBK7 off of Hobbes. When I
- restored the desktop everything came up fine. Now the system works even
- better than 2.0. I recommend that you save the desktop, reformat and load
- 2.1b fresh.
-
- George
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