On 4/22/05, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > sorry.... > > thought i had already answered the backup issue at the beginning... > > i have no backups, the system hadn't gotten to the point where i was ready > to back it up... > [snip] > > my question now, is there a way to reinstall/upgrade/etc.. FC2 so that i > only do a minimum installation, and not kill the upgraded apps that i > already have on the system? ie, a kind of only install a little bit!! > [snip] > thanks... > > bruce > [snip] If all you have / want to preserve are updated applications and not data my question to you is why pursue this path? Why not upgrade to FC3 or install FC4T2? Do you have a bandwidth limitation?