Re: Installation Question

From: Barry Watzman (WatzmanNOSPAM_at_neo.rr.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 20:49:26 -0400
To:  anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com

Just be very careful if you have turned on any security or encryption.
Reinstalling XP will destroy the encryption keys, and if you don't have
a backup, while the files will still be there, you won't be able to
access them, and this is a VERY difficult, nearly impossible situation
to "work around".

There is a function in XP to backup the encryption keys to a floppy disk
or other device.

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have two physical HDDs in my system, and have moved
>
> all
>
>>of my files to the second HDD. I need to know if I
>>reinstall Windows XP Pro on the first HDD in a clean
>>install, will my data on the second HDD still be there
>>when the installation is complete? Thanks!
>>.
>>Yes it will. I did the same thing without a problem.

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