Re: Reinstall Windows

From: Larry(LJL269) (NO_at_EMAIL.COM)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:33:26 GMT

I have deleted C wih Partition Magic & all else was
unaffected. I would only guess that Fdisk would do
same.

Consider buying Partition Magic z; u dont need latest
vers- I run v7- which can be gotten for ~$30.

HTH-Larry

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:41:12 -0700, "Sam"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

|Hello,
|
|I am currently running SP2 RC2. I am please with SP2, but
|I would like to have Windows reinstalled before I install
|the final release.
|
|When I bought Windows, I had two hard drives that were
|blank. I now have partitions made on each drive.
|
|On drive 1:
|C: Windows XP + Programs
|D: Gaming Data
|
|On drive 2:
|E: Data, music, etc...
|
|I after installing windows the first time, I have never
|reinstalled it. I have done some reading on the web about
|reinstalling windows. Some have said to delete the C:
|partition (system partition) and then recereate it again.
|However, I have also read that when you delete the system
|partition Fdisk will delete all partitions. On my E:
|drive, I have many personal things. It would be a real
|pain if I had to back it up and then re-copy it to the
|drive.
|
|Is there a way that I can completely clear just the c:
|drive and reinstall windows properly? Are there better
|ways to do this?
|
|Thanks,
|
|Sam

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

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