The archive and install will preserve your data, this is not in the previous system folder, but not everything gets copied over.
You will find the missing items in the Previous System folder, probably in one of the library's.
It is usually easier to just to reinstall from the original disks.
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I'm running OS 10.3.9 on a G4. I reinstalled Panther after reading in this forum that this was the solution for loosing System Preferences. I selected "archive and install" as suggested but seems many things got messed-up like Stuffit X, Extensis Font Fusion, Quark, etc.
My old data is in a folder called ?previous system.? What should I do with it?
Thanks for your help.

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