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Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:46:52 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: uninstall of RSJ

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In <200209261542.AKL58498@100m.mpr200-2.esr.lvcm.net>, on 09/26/02
at 08:09 AM, eyeleica@lvcm.com said:

>When I opted to use option 1 at command line reboot, I am told that
>current files are saved in \os2\archives\current. I viewed the file to
>find it empty.

\os2\archives\current is a folder, not a file. The files you are looking
for may be in a subfolder or they may be marked hidden. It's also
possible nothing got saved. No piece of software is perfect, including
Warp.

>I ask, the programs I installed after
>inititally setting up the system are gone and not saved in
>\os2\archives\current ?

The programs themselves are not gone, but certainly, the desktop objects
and most of the settings related to the programs are gone. Computers do
what you tell them to. You need to learn to go slower and ask questions
first.

Basically any changes made to the Desktop and the config.sys and
autoexec.bat and startup.cmd are gone.

>It is sometimes not easy to ask questions when the jargon
>goes over one's head.

Easy or not, you have to ask or you will continue to experience these
kinds of problems. You need to first understand the terms. FWIW, the
word jargon has negative connotations in my book. There are definitions
of all the terms used here in the various online documents and in the
books you bought. However, you can save yourself a lot of time just by
asking questions rather than rolling the dice and just doing something.

>It is very attractive to use, but requires constant
>attention and detailed manipulation.

My POV is very different. I have a box in front of me that has not had a
full reinstalled since 1997. That is not my definition of constant
attention. I simply use what I consider to be common-sense precautions to
ensure that I don't get myself in a situation I can't get out of. Those
precautions include know why, how and when to take backups along with
knowing how to recover when you do have an install glitch.

FWIW, I've also run across folks who have used their systems for years
without any backups and have gotton on fine. Of course, I hear from them
because something bad has happened, but the point is, it took them years
to get to that bad place. Most of these systems are easily recovered with
a checkini run or a bit of careful config.sys editing.

Steven

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