Re: reinstalling Windows XP Pro without losing data
From: Hans-Georg Michna (hans-georgNoEmailPlease_at_michna.com)
Date: 08/04/04
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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 22:18:03 +0200
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:07:39 -0700, "David Young"
<dyoung129@comcast.net> wrote:
>I only have one partition on my hard drive and need to
>reinstall Windows XP without losing my progams or
>settings. Can I use a utility like Partition Magic 8.01
>to create a second partition, then intall the OS in the
>newly created partition, move my applications, folders
>and files there, then uninstall the original XP and move
>things back there or will I lose my data and applications
>in the process?
David,
just an amplification to Carey's message---there is no
well-known way to move an installed application from one Windows
installation into another. You would always have to reinstall
the programs.
That's why it is often better to do a repair installation, i.e.
install Windows again like an upgrade to itself.
Hans-Georg
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