"Greg" wrote:

Can some one please tell me if i will lose all my files &
data if i reinstall windows me . or will they remain and
it is safe to reinstall .
regards Greg

It depends on a number of factors.

If you reinstall your WindowsMe over top of the existing install then
it should preserve your installed applications, user data files, and
program configuration settings. However you will have to reinstall
all of the Windows Updates and you may have a problem with Internet
Explorer if you have upgraded that to IE6 unless you uninstall IE6
first.

If you do a format of the hard drive and then reinstall Windows Me
then everything repeat everything on the hard drive will be wiped out
and permanently lost.

If your WindowsMe is on a "System Recovery" CD, which is what a number
of computer manufacturers provided with their new computers sold with
WindowsMe preinstalled, then using that CD to reinstall Windows will
result in the loss of everything on the drive because the system
recovery disks are designed to wipe out the hard drive and then
install a fresh new copy of Windows, exactly as it was when the
computer left the factory.

Why do you think you need to reinstall Windows? That is the computer
equivalent of "capital punishment" and most Windows problems and
errors are no more serious than jaywalking.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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