[Scottish] Upgrade and file preservation

[Alan Rutherford]

Robert Barbour wrote:

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> Message Received: Jan 20 2006, 09:41 PM
> From: "Alan Rutherford" <alan at nonsite.co.uk>
> To: rlbarbour at castleventures.fsnet.co.uk, "SLUG-list" <scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [Scottish] Upgrade and file preservation
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> Robert Barbour wrote:
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> >If I upgrade SuSE linux from version 9 to version 10, will my data files be preserved, or do I need to copy them before the upgrade?
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> Would they be wiped if you were upgrading from Windows 2000 to XP??
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> I've no idea, the only upgrade I ever did was from windows 3. something to 98!
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>Rob.
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Well, as a matter of fact, I updraded 9.3. to 10 just recently. It went 
ok,  however after the upgrade (updated KDE from 3.3 to 3.4)   the WIFI 
card didn't work and the sound card also stopped functioning.  Back up 
all of your data. This can be found in your Home folder.

Alan