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Old April 1st 03, 06:59 AM
Sharon F
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Default When upgrading to XP I lost some files

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]
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