partitioned drive

I recently sent my computer for repair due to virus-related problems. Anyway,
the repair person had to reinstall Win XP(Home) from scratch and told me that
he had partitioned the drive (and without my permission!) in two: D:/Backup
and C:/System (Backup consists of the files from the previous system).

The problem is I notice that there is a duplication of files due to this
partition. For example, song A would appear twice on Win Media
Player:(C:/DocumentsandSettings/Owner/My Documents/MyMusic/SongA AND
D:/mydocbackup/MyMusic/SongA). I don't know if there are any duplication of
other files yet. Plus, I realised during Disk Cleanup that the system's
Temporary Internet Files is located in 'Backup drive' instead of 'System'.
Shouldn't this folder be in the other drive i.e. system drive, since Backup
is just,well, backup(of the old drive). The WINDOWS folder also appears in
both drives.

I've never had partitioned drives so this is causing major headaches for me.
If there is a need for me to un-partition my drives to clear the mess, can I
do it without re-installing the whole system from the Cd?

P.S: Sorry it's a long one
P.P.S: How many times can you reinstall from the Cd before it cannot be used
anymore (I hear there is a limit)

Thanks!



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