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NT Explorer-can't move,copy w/o lockup

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by felipe 1 view

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I have NT4, smallbusiness server. I used to be able to copy or move files between explorer windows. Actually, I can't copy in any way even from the floppy drive or CD Rom to any location. No virus is detected. Hardware is OK because copy operations are fine in DOS (any other OS-same computer). When I tried to re-install OS, I got message warning me that my existing data would be destroyed. How can I reinstall the OS?

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by s.spike

During the installation steps for NT 4.0 it will ask you (when it detects the previous install of your OS (provided you provide the location of the same logical disk for installation)) if you would like to upgrade the current version you have installed. Say yes and all settings will be kept including all user and server data for your domain/workgroup and all application settings.

by spydergst1

You can reinstall without distroying data. The above answer is correct but a little unclear. Just be sure to accept the option to leave the file system intact. The NT OS will install and all your data will staill be there. Don't forget to re-servicepack.

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