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by saltglass Feb 18, 2002 last reply May 19, 2002

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Running win98 and system has several duplicate files and programs. Not sure exactly how this happened, but most likely from upgradeing and transferring files to new system. How can i merge the information without losing data before i do a fresh format and install? Not concerned about losing programs cause I have all the cd's, just concerned about data loss/

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by ann777 Feb 18, 2002

You have to know what kind of data to look for. For instance, if most of the data is from or for MS Word, you would look for *.doc

If most of the data is from MS Excel, you'd look for *.xls

Genrally, it is recommended to place all the data file in one folder of folders. Under c:\My Documents you may have a folder for Word documents or Excel Documents or a client or however you like to organize it.

I'd recommend that you just move all your data folders to one location and delete olders duplicates or stuff you no longer need, and then back it up to CD-R or whatever media you have available for this purpose. Then you can restore as you need the data back or all at once.