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More info?)
thanks
"Vanguardx" <see_signature> wrote in message
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> "Dennis Yardley" <denn@is2209.freeserve.co.uk>
> wrote in news:ckt9f1$tu5$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk:
>> I recently used my XPrecovery disc - which has worked fine, BUT - all
>> my old files/programs seem to be in some sort of 'archive' - I can
>> access tem, but they don't appear in the program list any more.
>> Any help appreciated - Dennis
>
> Well, how would WE know what recovery disc you used? "Recovery disk"
> doesn't sound like the Microsoft Windows XP installation CD. Sounds more
> like some bastardized, er, customized recovery disk provided by whomever
> manufactured your particular desktop or laptop. You'll need to call them
> to find out how THEIR "recovery" works. If you want guesses, mine is that
> the recovery disk reinstates the partition in the same condition as when
> you got the computer and moved everything that was there before into some
> "archive" to permit recovery of data and/or configuration files. The
> "recovery" probably laid down a disk image (actually a partition image)
> and wiped everything out and start all over with the same setup you had at
> the beginning, which means you have to install all your applications again
> that were not included in that original setup.
>
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