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- From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: How to retain DESKTOP after reinstalling FAT --> HPFS?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.010447.15425@usl.edu>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 01:04:47 GMT
- References: <stanton.451.0@haas.berkeley.edu>
- Sender: anon@usl.edu (Anonymous NNTP Posting)
- Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
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- In article <stanton.451.0@haas.berkeley.edu> stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
- >Several people have kindly given me instructions about moving from a fully
- >FAT system to a HPFS system, and the consensus is that I need to back up my
- >data, reinstall OS/2 with HPFS, and restore again.
- >
- >This is all very well
- >apart from one BIG hassle I can see. Do I have to reinstall the default
- >DESKTOP under HPFS, then customize it from scratch? This would be an
- >incredible pain. If there's a way to save my current desktop settings, then
- >restore them under HPFS, I'd be very grateful to anybody who could tell me
- >how.
- >
- >Thanks a lot
-
- Hmm. Perhaps IBM at 1800-237-5511 could help in the regard?
- Perhaps it is possible to back up the
- OS!2_20 etc etc directory (the desktop), reinstall, delete the new OS!2
- directory, and retore the backed up one?
-
- >
- >Richard Stanton
-
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