reinstalling xp

[tim]

for reasons too long to go into I am going to reinstall XP
Home on my computer. I have 2 hard drives. If i renstall
to the C drive will the data/programs on the C drive be
lost while everything on the D drive be preserved? (this
is the result I am looking for).

[Tim-mz500r]

yep done done that twice now :( used d: for all the backups etc so they
should be safe be wary tho my mate formated his d: drive first lol
"tim" > wrote in message
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> for reasons too long to go into I am going to reinstall XP
> Home on my computer. I have 2 hard drives. If i renstall
> to the C drive will the data/programs on the C drive be
> lost while everything on the D drive be preserved? (this
> is the result I am looking for).

[Will Denny]

Hi

Depending on how you re-install XP - if you re-install onto C, then all =
programs/files will be retained on D. The following links will help =
you:

'Repair Install' - should retain all data and programs:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

'Clean Install' - will delete everything on that hard drive/partition

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Both links courtesy of MVP Michael Stevens

Will

"tim" > wrote in message =
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> for reasons too long to go into I am going to reinstall XP=20
> Home on my computer. I have 2 hard drives. If i renstall=20
> to the C drive will the data/programs on the C drive be=20
> lost while everything on the D drive be preserved? (this=20
> is the result I am looking for).


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[Brian Tillman]

>I have 2 hard drives. If i renstall
>to the C drive will the data/programs on the C drive be
>lost while everything on the D drive be preserved?

You can install it that way, yes. However, if you have any programs on your
D drive (not just data), then you'll need to reinstall them in order to get
them to work. By perfoming a clean install on you C drive, you'll have a
clean Registry with no references to those programs, if any, on your D
drive. The folders will be there, the files will be there, you'll be able
to access them, but programs probably won't run (unless they don't require
installing).
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