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[Solved] If I install Windows 7 over Windows 7, will it delete my files?
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Jose_49
Yo people! How are you today? I hope that fine.
Right now, I'm trying to fix my little sis PC (Aspire One - Laptop 1410) which is at the state of throwing it out of the window.
The question is:
If I make a Windows 7 Installation over Windows 7, will I be able to keep the files (Documents)?
I'm not sure, but I remember that Windows uses to rename to .old after one does this.
Now, before you ask:
- I'm doing this as a last resort. I can't do a repair install because a stupid missing .dll keeps slugging down the machine and restarting it out of nowhere.
- I haven't managed to get the files out to an external hard drive because the PC crashes at 3 mins of file transfering (and it takes around 15 - 20 mins to fully boot up).
- I can't put it to an external hard drive because I don't have other PC or equipment to send the files to (since the external case has the hard drive I was planning to do the backup).
What I'm trying to do is to extract some pictures (50 GB worth, aprox.) and then do a full reformat...
Sorry for the long post, and thank you.
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