> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Dear All, I will try your suggestions with xpdf. It was suggested to me to
> > install Mandrake 7 again because of some of my strange problems. I am leaning
> > towards that strongly. Is it better to do a totally fresh install or to
> > upgrade over the existing? I have done an upgrade before after my first
> > install and it improved some things.
> >
> > I want to thank you all for your prompt and very excellent help. Sincerely,
> > Marcia
>
> Marcia....I'd lean towards a fresh install. The only reason
> to consider an upgrade at this point would be if you've
> customized your system so heavily (or had a lot of data that
> would be difficult to backup and restore) that it would be
> difficult and/or highly time consuming to restore it after a
> fresh install.
>
> Alan
You know what though, if you have /home on it's own partition, then all
your data files will be just fine even if you do a fresh install. Just
don't format the /home partition.
Mark
