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"KSB" <garbage4321@nospam.net> wrote in message news:Os$8Cl$5HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Will reinstalling Vista over an existing installation result in a loss of
> data/etc. I have been told to try a reinstall (Not a clean reinstall) to
> eliminate a problem which has not been solved by restore, repair, etc.
>