Linux is fairly easy to upgrade though, for me all I have to do is back up the home folders, do a clean installation and then restore the home folders, no one looses any of their files if they kept them where they should. Some of the best experiences I’ve had administering computers was when I was working with a “dead” or obscure operating system like FreeDOS or BeOS because when I used them I didn’t have to upgrade at all for a long time. I haven’t seen software that does this, at least not properly, so I have to do it all myself and then guess where some of the files should go in Windows XP since the folder structure changed a little since Windows 98. Since upgrading from an older version of Windows to a newer one without doing a clean installation is just riddled with flaws, the only option is to back up everything you can find that you want to keep and then restore it after. Upgrade processes are quite painful for people running Windows, programs store settings in all sorts of different places including the regestry and at least 4 or 5 different folders, not all used by one program mind you but its still a pain. Upgrading can be a real pain, I’ve tried the Windows XP upgrade on a Windows 98 box and it was worthless, the system wouldn’t work properly and before the end of the day I had to reinstall from scratch anyway.
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