In XP go to Control Panel, open the icon marked Folder Options, click on the View tab, then click the radio button for "Show Hidden Files and Folders"
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Computer Question > Don't know XP, as I said, but somewhere there should be a control for "folder > options" (it's under "Start", "Settings" in Win98). Go to it and click the box > for "show all files" under the "view" tab. > > Locate the files and copy them. Then go and change the folder options back to > what they were. > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/28/2004 7:28:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Not an XP user, so just a thought. Some systems do not come with a > > installation > > disk (CD) but have the systems software on the drive. Since Tan says she does > > not have a system CD that may be what is on the Restore partition. > > > > Just in case, it might be a good idea to copy that stuff over to CD's before > > she > > does anything else with the partition. > > ------------------------------ > > > > Think that would be hard to do for the novice, if they hide the directories. > > Unless they give instructions for doing it. Or unless instructions can be > > obtained. I certainly would back up the restore stuff to CDs before doing > > anything, yup. > > > > Marnie aka Doe > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > > > >

