Xp Upgrade Losses thus far

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In "upgrading" from 98SE to HomeXP

i have lost :Projects, drawings that were on the Desktop, because that is where i put important stuff to be finished
Quick Launch Icons for the stuff i accessed most, therefore had as quick launche
All Desktop icons to go to most used apps
Items under Start Button; that i used often enough, to open from that point, instead of going inopt programs
Settings on MS keyboar
Google Search Ba
10 years worth of research links for my specialt
All ability to have Widows remove previous programs, including this XP upgrad
Outlook settings and mail
21" Monitor settings only work in 640x480; new driver doesn't seem to wor
Turned my FireWall off for me, opening to a rush of messages from stupid organizations, that don't offer me to opt out; or gripe back to them

It wouldn't let me into Safe Mode, to see if there was a removal tool there, nor is there an uninstall on the disk. i'm sorry; but i wouldn't recomend this route to anyone; i had my system set up to maximize what i do; and how i do it; work projects in the course of production etc. i consider these changes rude and ignorant, disrupting me purposefully without choice or consent. With a start like this, i envision only half thought out fumbling in the rest of the product! i'm generally not apt to fault that which i could not duplicate; these items didnot have to be lost like this; i would not release/sell a product that did that to someone.
 
1. Did you run the Windows Upgrade Advisor?
2. Did you select the default "Upgrade" setup option?
3. Or did you select "New Installation"?
4. Did you backup your files?

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| In "upgrading" from 98SE to HomeXP;
|
| i have lost :Projects, drawings that were on the Desktop, because that is where i put important stuff to be
finished.
| Quick Launch Icons for the stuff i accessed most, therefore had as quick launches
| All Desktop icons to go to most used apps.
| Items under Start Button; that i used often enough, to open from that point, instead of
going inopt programs.
| Settings on MS keyboard
| Google Search Bar
| 10 years worth of research links for my specialty
| All ability to have Widows remove previous programs, including this XP upgrade
| Outlook settings and mail.
| 21" Monitor settings only work in 640x480; new driver doesn't seem to work
| Turned my FireWall off for me, opening to a rush of messages from stupid organizations,
that don't offer me to opt out; or gripe back to them.
|
| It wouldn't let me into Safe Mode, to see if there was a removal tool there, nor is there an uninstall on
the disk. i'm sorry; but i wouldn't recomend this route to anyone; i had my system set up to maximize what i
do; and how i do it; work projects in the course of production etc. i consider these changes rude and
ignorant, disrupting me purposefully without choice or consent. With a start like this, i envision only half
thought out fumbling in the rest of the product! i'm generally not apt to fault that which i could not
duplicate; these items didnot have to be lost like this; i would not release/sell a product that did that to
someone.
 
kc said:
i have backups of a lot of stuff, not where i put icons on quick launch
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etc., latest artwork that i had oin desk, latest aqdditions of other things,
nor the order i painstakingly put them in prior to "UpGrade".
i used UpGrade didn't know about advisor.

i see that i put things where MS devised them to be put; then purposefully where lost without crash.

BackUps or not; i consider that all a disservice; like a trap purposefully
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set. It won't uninstall to regain old settings; or to try to sell seing as
i haven't registered it yet. But, then i never bought the idea that MS
shouldn't be responsible for telling us how to use there stuff anymore than
a car manufacturer; seeing as they stop that a MS analysis short of a lemon
law or"What if that car crashed 3x a day"; then who would be responsible?

For what it's worth, your experience is not typical; I've done quite a
number of upgrades, without loss of anything except perhaps a need to
reinstall a few programs. But no loss of data. And I already know which
programs are likely to require a reinstall, and I'm ready for that.

And I always leave myself with a way to restore the system to the way it was
originally, should things go wrong.

Not to say that you did anything wrong in your implementation of the
upgrade, but it might have been wiser to have paid someone to to the upgrade
for you. Someone who does this sort of thing for a living might have been
able to see the pitfalls in advance and make sure that things didn't get
lost. Or could have been prepared to go back to the beginning, if things
went wrong. If a professional screwed it up, at least you would have had
someone to blame for the problems you're having now. Blaming MS or the OS
itself is pretty useless. It might feel good to vent a bit, but it's not
going to do anything for you.

As it is, it's hard to say what went wrong or what you could have done
differently. The Upgrade Advisor is a good thing to start with, but it's too
late to see what that might have said. A complete system backup is a great
idea when you're doing something major like the upgrade of an OS. Most of
the time it works flawlessly, but even the instructions from MS suggest
doing a complete backup when making major changes. And a hard drive can fail
any time, so you could just as easily lose everything tomorrow or next week
if a drive goes bad.

And I'm not saying that everyone should have to pay someone else to upgrade
the OS for them. But if the computer is a critical tool for you, you're best
off treating it as one, and not risking what you're going through now.
 
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