RE: partitioned drive

Ok thanks for everyone's advice/opinions.

"anneliese" wrote:

> 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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