Sharon F
April 1st 03, 06:59 AM
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:15:33 -0800, "Craig FUtterman"
> wrote:
>Wlater,
>Thanks for the reply. Widows infact DID save my data but
>it is in invisible files. I was able to somehow find the
>files for my netscape e-mail but I have yet to be able to
>find it with my wife's. Things are just hidden. Why do
>they do that? I have tried changing the attributes and
>got a lot of directories "un-hidden", but not all of
>them :(
>Thanks
>CRaig
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The update process is *supposed* to keep data (and 3rd
>party program)
>>folders intact, but sometimes, especially within
>the 'windows' folder, it
>>does not. You may be out of luck, in that regard.
>>
>>However, on the EZCD creator front, you are probably
>okay. Roxio has
>>patches to bring EZCD into the XP world.
>(www.roxio.com) They continually
>>redesign their site, so I can't point you reliably to a
>particular page, but
>>the patches are there. You may want to ask in the on-
>line forums which
>>you'll need.
>>--
>>Hope this is helpful,
>>
>>Walter Hawn
>>Associate XPert
>>The Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>"Craig Futterman" > wrote in message
...
>>> I had Windows 98 and upgraded to XP Home. My netscape
>>> user files were in the Windows/Mozilla directory under
>>> 98. I didn't think they would be erased. I am dumb! Are
>>> they deleted?
>>>
>>> Also, I was using EZ CD creator OEM version which came
>>> with my PC. It is not compatable with XP. I had backed
>up
>>> those directories to the CDRW... XP can't seem to read
>>> them...
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Craig Futterman.
>>>
Folder Options> View. Mark the box to "Show All Files and Folders."
Uncheck the option to Hide System Protected Files and Folders.
Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]
> wrote:
>Wlater,
>Thanks for the reply. Widows infact DID save my data but
>it is in invisible files. I was able to somehow find the
>files for my netscape e-mail but I have yet to be able to
>find it with my wife's. Things are just hidden. Why do
>they do that? I have tried changing the attributes and
>got a lot of directories "un-hidden", but not all of
>them :(
>Thanks
>CRaig
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The update process is *supposed* to keep data (and 3rd
>party program)
>>folders intact, but sometimes, especially within
>the 'windows' folder, it
>>does not. You may be out of luck, in that regard.
>>
>>However, on the EZCD creator front, you are probably
>okay. Roxio has
>>patches to bring EZCD into the XP world.
>(www.roxio.com) They continually
>>redesign their site, so I can't point you reliably to a
>particular page, but
>>the patches are there. You may want to ask in the on-
>line forums which
>>you'll need.
>>--
>>Hope this is helpful,
>>
>>Walter Hawn
>>Associate XPert
>>The Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>"Craig Futterman" > wrote in message
...
>>> I had Windows 98 and upgraded to XP Home. My netscape
>>> user files were in the Windows/Mozilla directory under
>>> 98. I didn't think they would be erased. I am dumb! Are
>>> they deleted?
>>>
>>> Also, I was using EZ CD creator OEM version which came
>>> with my PC. It is not compatable with XP. I had backed
>up
>>> those directories to the CDRW... XP can't seem to read
>>> them...
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Craig Futterman.
>>>
Folder Options> View. Mark the box to "Show All Files and Folders."
Uncheck the option to Hide System Protected Files and Folders.
Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]